Opinion

Group to take on sex bias and a ‘shocking waste of talent’

Further education has a key role to play in promoting diversity, says Toni Fazaeli, who calls for an independent...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Small businesses find apprenticeships ‘costly but worthwhile’

Having left school at 15 to become an apprentice plumber, Charlie Mullins now sits as managing director of Pimlico...

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FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Peter Mayhew-Smith, principal, Kingston College and Carshalton College

“The trouble with me is, I reckon I’m probably one of your most boring interviewees,” Peter Mayhew-Smith tells me...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Quality mark ‘still on the agenda’

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to Chartered Status amid growing concern that it might have been scrapped as...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Colleges win budget protection from 18 funding rate cut

Colleges facing a funding rate cut for their full-time 18-year-old learners will be protected from the controversial move inflicting...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Apprentice wage rise gets mixed welcome

The National Minimum Wage for apprentices is set to rise by 5p an-hour to £2.73, the Department for Business,...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Wait for quals cut list set to continue

Awarding bodies are facing another month’s wait to find out if their qualifications have been saved from a public...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Shock £4m accounts black hole could lead to college fraud probe

The Skills Funding Agency is considering whether a London college should face financial investigation after a shock £4.1m black...

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FE Week Reporter
News

More evidence of government’s GCSE favouritism

Further evidence has emerged that the government already favours GCSEs, with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock having described Functional Skills...

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FE Week Reporter