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Research shows that LGBT learners are being treated better in FE

Research comissioned by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) learners are being…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Double delay announced by the Data Service

The Data Service announced on Wednesday that they would start the 2011/12 academic year by paying providers each month…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE Week visits South Thames College for A Level results day

Thousands of students across the country picked up their A Level results yesterday by visiting their sixth form or…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Consultation report outlines plans for further education loans

A consultation report released yesterday by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) outlines a new loan system…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE Week follows Top2Toe charity challenge through Birmingham

Over the last couple of days FE Week has been following the Top2Toe charity fundraiser lead by Dave ‘Blind…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Youth unemployment shows no improvement in latest quarter

The latest government statistics show that youth unemployment has changed very little in the last three months. The Labour…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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The Guardian reports on ‘striking rise’ of adult apprenticeships

The dramatic increase in apprentices aged above 25, reported by FE Week back in June, has been picked up by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Artsmark programme to expand into FE colleges

The Artsmark award will be opened up to include Further Education instutions in September. The programme, set up by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE Week to cycle with Birmingham principal and ‘Blind Dave’

FE Week will be cycling hard next Tuesday in order to welcome back South Birmingham College Principal Mike Hopkins…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government careers advisory group slams reduction in services for young people

An advisory group set up by government to manage the new National Careers Service has publically denounced the reduction…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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HE consultation welcomed cautiously by Association of Colleges

A technical consultation paper from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is proposing that FE colleges have…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government u-turn on college fee remission policy

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published a press release this week which says that within current budgets,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

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Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

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