News

Gove seeks college help after latest UTC blow

Education Secretary Gove asks Bedford College to save UTC All Ofsted UTC results inadequate or requires improvement ‘Too early...

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FE Week Reporter
News

VQ Day

Owen’s blinder at VQ Day Awards Day Awards celebrate the learners, employers and teachers who demonstrate the success of...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Former principal of Warwickshire College steps in at troubled Lewisham and Southwark College (Lesoco)

Lesoco has brought in the former chair of the 157 Group to take over as interim consultant principal following...

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FE Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers

Edition 105: Ian Crews, Marcus Potter and Peter Martin

A principal designate has been appointed at a University Technical College (UTC) in Devon that is set to open...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships for trainers and assessors?

The publication by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) of the Professional Standards for Teachers and Trainers in Education...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprentice funding ‘too generous but still off-putting to small firms’

Mick Fletcher casts his eye over the government’s introduction of a 33 per cent mandatory cash contribution from employers...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Taking the apprenticeship extras into account

With the government having announced it would expect employers to pay a third of the apprenticeship training costs, Charlie...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Apprentice chief forces home cash message on funding reforms

A high-ranking government official has reinforced Skills Minister Matthew Hancock’s assertion that only cold, hard cash would count as...

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FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Louise Morritt, chief executive, One Awards

Walking the long way home after passing just two O-levels, it never occurred to Louise Morritt that she might...

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FE Week Reporter