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Colleges rely on A&E to help students with serious mental health issues

Colleges are increasingly sending students who reach “crisis point” to accident and emergency, an FE Week investigation has heard....

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Education leaders call for co-ordinated national ESOL strategy

Two of the country’s most senior educators have called on the government to produce a coherent national strategy for...

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Epping Forest College hires finance director despite £338k IT scandal

The deputy chief executive of a major London college who abruptly left his post last summer over financial irregularities...

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Alix Robertson
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Institutes of technology £170m windfall going to existing providers

The extra £170 million the government has promised to set aside for a new wave of “prestigious” institutes of...

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Alix Robertson
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Cable delighted with industrial strategy commitment to adult education

The former secretary of state for business, innovation and skills has told FE Week he is “delighted” that the...

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EXCLUSIVE: Institute for Apprenticeships appoints first director

The first permanent employee of the Institute for Apprenticeships has finally been appointed, after ongoing delays and an absence...

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Alix Robertson
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National Apprenticeship Awards 2016: Meet the winners

After an amazing evening at the stellar National Apprenticeship Awards 2016 ceremony last week (January 20), FE Week caught...

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Alix Robertson
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Priestley Sixth Form College leading race to academise

The first sixth form college set to convert to academy status has announced it aims to make the change...

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Are career colleges working two and a half years on?

Apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon has paid his first visit to a career college, attending London South East Colleges’ Hospitality,...

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Alix Robertson