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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

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Mystery as DfE misses summer accounts deadline

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Auditor waves red flags over adult-skills subcontracting

20h | Adult education

Pointless to ask for advice on Level 7 defunding after pulling the trigger, say MPs

1d | Apprenticeships

Jacqui Smith reappointed minister for skills
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‘I don’t teach English as a subject, I teach it as a lifeline’
3d | Adult education

Who is Lucy Powell? 10 facts about the new education secretary
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Lucy Powell appointed education secretary

3d | Politics

McFadden reappointed work and pensions secretary

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Preston College appoints Burnley deputy as next principal

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Watchdogs on the lookout for AI experts

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Bonding at a bootcamp before their march east to China

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Co-investment cost hike ‘will turn firms off apprenticeships’

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DfE sticks with ‘overly broad’ digital V Level
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Security regulator bans BIIAB after fraud probe
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Skills England staff morale among worst in civil service
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Ofsted bins £3.9m IT project paused to fund pay rises
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Mystery as DfE misses summer accounts deadline

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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray

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Auditor waves red flags over adult-skills subcontracting

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Waite and see… Get Further boss and her insights on Powell and Milburn

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The skills sector should embrace Burnham’s politics of disruption
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FE has its power structure completely upside down
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Help us to save Britain’s lost boys
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Conversations about skills happen in echo chambers
20h | skills policy