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What colleges need to know about careers guidance

Colleges have been warned they will lose funding if they don’t meet the Gatsby career benchmarks by 2020. Sir...

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Technical education doesn’t need a review!

The prime minister is talking up technical education, but doesn’t have the goods to back up her words, according...

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Is Ofsted measuring the wrong things in FE?

The government needs to establish a set of FE-centric measures to get a better idea of what it wants...

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Whistleblowers in FE are vital for sector scrutiny

Whistleblowers aren’t treated with much respect in the UK, even though they generally have good intentions. Dame Ruth Silver...

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Qualifications in apprenticeship standards: IfA rule changes aren’t enough

The sector cheered when the IfA said it would allow qualifications in standards once again, but not all is...

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T-level occupational maps must be flexible

Unless there’s the space for young people to transfer the skills they learn onto another route, we risk locking...

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What does Ofsted consider a good college curriculum?

Amanda Spielman cited Harlow College as having particularly good curriculum design at the AoC conference in the autumn –...

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How can we ensure the Year of Engineering is a success?

The government’s newest initiative couldn’t have come at a better time for a sector trying to blow open its...

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Non-levy procurement process was a lottery

The government’s non-levy procurement process wasn’t a fair competition because providers weren’t given all the information in advance, writes...

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