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Careers advice ‘getting worse,’ warns government education committee

The quality and quantity of young people’s career advice is not good enough and is getting worse, a government…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Government plans new team to exploit international education opportunities

During a trip to India to promote vocational education the Skills Minister has announced that the government will establish…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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FE colleges’ passage to India

A group of colleges is establishing a permanent team in New Delhi as part of an Association of Colleges…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Inspection ‘delight’

The principal of an FE provider said she led her centre to an outstanding Ofsted inspection result by focusing…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Providers ‘anxious’ over growth cash

Training providers said they could be left thousands of pounds “out-of-pocket” after the government unexpectedly doubled functional skills rates….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Clawback ‘possible’ on £91m overpayment

Providers who shared in a £91m Skills Funding Agency overpayment could yet be asked to hand back some of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Union strike threat over new dismissals

A bitter dispute over the sacking of lecturers at a Midlands college looks set to worsen. The University and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Audit exposes ‘£40m’ ESF error

European funding could be at risk after a government audit uncovered “potentially” £40m-worth of errors over money dished out…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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College gets £2.2m funding immunity

A failing London college was allowed to sidestep official funding rules to keep a £2.2m overpayment as it merged…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Minister in traineeship web launch

Further education Minister Matthew Hancock (above right) took part in his first webinar to launch a government discussion paper on…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Traineeship plan revealed

Plans for a new training scheme to equip young people with “the confidence, skills and experience needed to find…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Uncertainty warning over apprentice loans

The Shadow FE Minister has described it as “deeply alarming” that government-commissioned research says apprentices do not understand how…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud

Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel