News

CBI rejects Professor Wolf’s proposal for apprenticeship levy

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has rejected Professor Lady Alison Wolf’s recommendation that all employers pay a levy...

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Profiles

Paul Eeles, chief executive, Emfec

A failed College of Food interview at the tender age of 16 had a defining effect on Paul Eeles,...

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FE Week Reporter
News

UKCES gives £575k in job pay-offs

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) handed out nearly £600k in exit packages to 13 staff who...

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News

Ex-NCN principal Basi in FE Commissioner showdown

A principal accused of steering his former college into “unprofitable non-core activities” has clashed with FE Commissioner Dr David...

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Opinion

Merger lessons from the K College meltdown

Troubled mergers led to financial meltdown at K College last year before Graham Razey emerged as one of two...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Ofsted FE director outlines ‘biggest inspection change in 20 years’

Lorna Fitzjohn outlines key elements of the new unified common inspection framework that will be in effect from September....

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

What to do if the Budget doesn’t go well for you

Late last month, sector leaders handed a 42,5000-signature petition to Number 10 Downing Street calling on the Prime Minister...

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Bulletin

Students keep one step ahead for critically-ill children

Students and staff from Barnsley College took their studies to the streets and raised more than £800 for an...

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Opinion

Sector ‘inequality’ at play in EFA college bail-out

Nacro, the crime reduction charity took on Southampton’s struggling Totton College after the Education Funding Agency (EFA) paid a...

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