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New FE Guild chair looks to technology

The chair of the FE Guild steering group has revealed to FE Week why he would make it an…

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FE Week Reporter
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Hoyle wants schools ‘penalised’

Schools where pupils fail to reach A to C standard in GCSE maths and English should be penalised by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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VAT plans will dent adult apprenticeships

Training experts say adults will be put off apprenticeships after the government announcement that training providers must charge VAT…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Twigg: You’ve snatched our Tech Bacc

The Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Stephen Twigg, has accused Skills Minister Matthew Hancock of “stealing the idea…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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AELP members respond to Richard Review with ‘anger’

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) today responded to the Richard Review of Apprenticeships. See their response…

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FE Week Reporter
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Learner voices at heart of 157 Group publication

The 157 Group has published ‘a collection of ten learner voices’, compiled in collaboration with the National Association of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Principal of Leeds City College to be chair of 157 Group

FE Week can reveal that today Peter Roberts (pictured), principal of Leeds City College, has been unanimously elected as…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Skills Commission search for a ‘Google College’ future

A group of cross-party MPs and leading figures from the further education sector have called on multinational companies and colleges to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College principal appointed as AoC deputy chief executive

A new deputy chief executive has been appointed to the Association of Colleges (AoC). Gill Clipson, principal of Amersham…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Signs of survival for the Skills Funding Agency

Business Secretary Vince Cable has rejected proposals that would call time on the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). This comes…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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‘Crazy’ early deadline for ILR returns

College data staff have reacted angrily to a consultation that will consider if 2012/13 Individual Learner Records (ILR) should…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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No new money for funding rate rise

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has told FE Week that despite more than doubling the funding rates for functional…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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