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Little Bradley’s cancer fight inspires college fundraising

Hairdressing and barbering learners were so moved by the plight of seriously ill toddler Bradley Lowery that they decided...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Brave Vicky claims student of year title

Barking and Dagenham College student Vicky Knight, who set up a charity for burns victims after being horrifically injured...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Aiming high on ‘real’ work experience

Colleges run their own ‘business’ to allow learners to gain experience and 157 Group executive director Lynne Sedgemore said...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

2013: A (Further Education) Policy Odyssey

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Hitting back at the level two ‘dead-end’ criticism

Claims last month that up to 50,000 teenagers were studying ‘dead-end’ level two courses were ‘superficial and sensational’ says...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Mark Brickley, principal, Kensington and Chelsea College

Despite passing the 11-plus, Mark Brickley says he wasn’t a particularly academic child. For reasons neither he nor his...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Number of traineeship starts ‘disappointing’

Uptake on the government’s flagship traineeship scheme is failing to reach expectations, according to senior FE figures. It is...

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FE Week Reporter
News

College boards ‘dominated’ by white men

A survey is set to reveal the extent of “under-representation” of black and ethnic minority groups on college governing...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Last-minute hopes to avoid college strikes

The University and College Union (UCU) said it was calling for eleventh-hour talks with the Association of Colleges (AoC)...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter