News

Labour BIS and DfE shadows signal joined-up opposition with funding cuts pledge

A more joined-up approach to opposition FE policy was signalled at the Labour Party conference as Angela Eagle and...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Another centre to address lack of FE research as UCL’s Institute of Education looks at post-14 education and work

A third FE research centre has launched just a year after Professor Lady Alison Wolf decried how the sector...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Return on investment analysis now ‘priority’, says Gazelle

Gazelle colleges have been told that proving their £15k membership fee is money well spent is now a “priority”...

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FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Ayub Khan, interim CEO, Further Education Trust for Leadership

Ayub Khan finds it ironic that he has spent a good portion of his working life developing careers advice...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Uncertainty over deadline for switch from old apprenticeship frameworks to Trailblazer standards

Uncertainty around the deadline of the apprenticeship frameworks is growing after the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

CBI calls for Low Pay Commission-type body for levy rate

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) wants the rate for the government’s planned apprenticeship levy to be controlled by...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Leaked BIS memo raises questions about SFA future – again

The future of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is once again in question, with a leaked Department for Business,...

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FE Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers

Edition 149: Movers and Shakers

David Sykes has officially started in his role as managing director of FE and skills solutions specialist FEA. He...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Planning a new build and not aware of the impact of new CDM Regulations on FE?

Alexandra Reid explains how the new CDM regulations will impact FE building projects. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations...

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FE Week Reporter