News

College job over after school achieves grade one

Hull College has given up its sponsorship of a formerly failing local school having guided it to top marks...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Prime Minister lays out apprenticeships as ‘first priority’ but sector awaits policy details

The creation of more apprenticeship starts is the “first priority” out of legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech, the...

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FE Week Reporter
News

ETF sets out stall for new professional body

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has launched a new professional membership body for FE practitioners. The creation of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Ofsted denies ‘jumping gun’ with Bolton College GCSE criticism

Ofsted has denied “jumping the gun” on an impending funding condition after a report appeared to criticise a college...

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FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Phil Hatton, former Ofsted inspector and FE consultant

As a former Ofsted inspector, FE consultant Phil Hatton has probably seen some of the best and worst practices...

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FE Week Reporter
News

UTCs take eight spaces in list of 50 worst for absence

Eight University Technical Colleges (UTCs) have been listed among England’s worst providers for overall absence. The Department for Education...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

There’s another Budget soon — be sure your sector voice is heard

My last column was all about the politics of FE. I got a few encouraging responses publicly on Twitter...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Apprenticeships — it’s about learning and it’s about time

Bill Lucas was a keynote speaker at an international conference in Sweden on vocational education and training recently. Here...

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FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A vision for the future of prison education

Providers who deliver adult education and skills training in England’s prisons are expecting their contracts to end next year,...

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FE Week Reporter