News

Boles in FE loans expansion hint in digital skills hearing

Skills Minister Nick Boles has hinted that the FE loans system was heading for expansion — as the sector...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Colleges should lead skills gap charge

Colleges need to “face up to their responsibilities” and make FE the sector one that “gets people into work,”...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Thinktank calls for policy road map for digital techonology

The FE sector needs a “policy roadmap” to ensure best use of digital technology, a report launched last week...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Beacons of the sector

Fourteen FE colleges were winners at the Beacon Awards, They were announced at the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference...

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FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Rajinder Mann, chief executive, Network for Black Professionals

‘I’m a true Wolveronian,” says Wolverhampton-born Rajinder Mann, who left the UK for India shortly after birth only to...

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FE Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers

Movers & Shakers Edition 119

Norton Radstock College principal Shirley Arayan is to retire at the end of the month having held the role...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Local offers for disabled learners ‘missing’ nearby specialist providers

A system of ‘Local Offers’ for children and adults with special educational needs went live in September. Kathryn Rudd...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Traineeship news offers welcome break from ‘wholesale change’

Proposals to change the way traineeship providers are funded were rejected following the government’s eight-week consultation on the issue....

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Reflecting on day one of the Association of Colleges conference

A review of English and maths accreditation is welcome, but should not result in new qualifications, says Charlotte Bosworth....

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FE Week Reporter