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Fewer than two applications for every traineeship vacancy

Official figures showing fewer than two applications for each traineeship vacancy have sparked concern about a “general lack of...

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Specialist colleges leader tells of concerns over new SEN law

The impact of a new law aimed at improving special needs provision in general FE and sixth form colleges...

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Royal seal of approval for horse rehabilitation centre

London Olympic eventing silver medallist Zara Phillips was guest of honour at the opening of Warwickshire College’s new Equine...

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College launches student paper

LeSoCo College in South London has launched its first ever student newspaper. The first edition of the LeSoCo Times...

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Apprenticeship reforms must be tested, says AoC

The Association of Colleges has called for government proposals for apprenticeship funding reform to be “carefully modelled and trialled”...

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Best feet forward for sports massage demonstration

The first person in the UK to qualify as a sports massage therapist using just her feet demonstrated her...

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Marcel secures US basketball scholarship

Barnet and Southgate College BTec student Marcel Thomas Lee secured a basketball scholarship at an American university. The 19-year-old...

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Rock samples collected from former working mine

Chemistry A-level and level three applied science BTec students from South Cheshire College went underground in a former working...

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Student stars in Nike advert with Ronaldo and Rooney

West Cheshire College performing arts student Macaulay Cooper’s face will be familiar to millions of football fans across the...

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