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Sculpture success for Adam’s royal bust

A Weston College student is wowing London art lovers with his first sculpture commission. Adam Rush, who studies a...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

More changes needed to build on success of traineeships

Stewart Segal looks at the traineeship programme in light of a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) one-year...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

How to help vocational tutors bear the English and maths burden

Making learners who don’t achieve at least grade C in their English and math GCSEs is a requirement not...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers

Edition 132: Richard Atkins, David Henley, David Lawrence, Clive Bound & Jan Hodges

Exeter College principal Richard Atkins has announced his retirement from the post at the end of 2015. The current...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Level two English and maths ‘needed outside of GCSEs’

The Education and Training Foundation review of non-GSCE English and maths qualifications is likely to result in a call...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Ofsted hits back at ‘not fit for purpose’ criticism

Ofsted has defended itself against criticism in an Association of Colleges (AoC) paper that branded the education watchdog as...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Boles kills off two-page Trailblazer pledge

Skills Minister Nick Boles has relaxed much-vaunted rules set by his predecessor, Matthew Hancock, that limited new apprenticeship guidelines...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Hope for continued English apprentice Euro recognition

Ofqual hopes to ensure English apprenticeships will continue to be recognised in Europe after the Qualifications and Credit Framework...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Reform victory for status quo cash flow

Providers and employers who said no to government cash for apprenticeship training going through businesses have won the fight...

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FE Week Reporter