New cross-party commission on apprenticeships launched by thinktank

A new cross-party commission to examine how apprenticeships can help to bridge the skills gap has been launched by...

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Edition 108: Jack Carney, David Law and Andy Sparks

The Manchester College’s Jack Carney has announced he will be retiring after 35 years at the college — having...

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Aiming to beat the ‘post code lottery’ on learning disability

The funding system for young people with learning disabilities changed a year ago, leaving “post code lottery” in its...

Looking deeper at the ’earn or learn’ policy debate

With the Tories and Labour coming up with strategies to help young people off JobSeekers’ Allowance and into a...

Six ‘impacts and benefits’ of Gazelle

More than £3.5m of public money was paid out by 23 principals to Gazelle group of colleges, FE Week...

The principal of a large and well-established FE college writes about life at the top — the worries, the hopes, the people and the issues they have to deal with every day.

Time to budget Further education is a funny place to be at the best of times, but this time...