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Hammond’s budget revealed poor understanding of further education

Instead of a thought-out comprehensive strategy for further and adult education and skills, the government has merely delivered more...

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What FE needs to know about competition law

Why should the corporate world of mergers, cartels and market abuses apply to those teaching and training young people?...

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How Ofsted are changing their approach to ‘requires improvement’ providers

While around 80 per cent of further education and skills providers are good or outstanding, the number requiring improvement...

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David Hughes and the AoC are wrong about degree apprenticeships

David Hughes is wrong to criticise the rise in management apprenticeships – they are opening opportunities to people who’ve...

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How FE colleges can encourage research

It’s time the sector took control of its own destiny, argues Ali Hadawi Over the years, my sense of...

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Will T-levels falter through a lack of work placements?

Employers want to make the new T-levels work, but they will need clear, practical support, writes Stephen Evans The...

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T-level work placement travel costs must be covered

The government must cover the additional travel costs of T-level work placements to ensure rural colleges are not at...

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My role as FE commissioner: past and future

Richard Atkins reflects on a year at the helm of one of the most important jobs in FE, and...

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End-point assessment: what colleges and training providers need to know

Based on her upcoming research, Sallyann Baldry explains how colleges and training providers should be preparing for end-point assessment...

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