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Why you should contribute to the LIFES inquiry

What is the purpose of FE & Skills Providers? Local economic improvement? The national economy? Supporting local businesses? Guaranteeing...

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The Tories are letting the country down on apprenticeships funding

Theresa May hasn’t been Prime Minister for very long, so we can’t expect her to know the detail of...

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My vision for boosting our country’s skills base

Writing his first opinion piece as the new apprenticeships and skills minister, Robert Halfon sets out his case for...

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It’s the system, not the levy…

After this morning’s apprenticeship levy update from the Department for Education – which FE Week was the first to...

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Too big a risk to take

There was much to welcome in the Sainsbury Review proposals for technical education, according to Graham Hasting-Evans, but he...

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Steer clear of trapdoors

Paul Noblet from Centrepoint, which recently carried out research into how traineeships are being implemented, argues that it is...

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How to get a good Ofsted rating for traineeships

Wirral Metropolitan College is the only college to have had its traineeships rated in a headline field under the...

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Developing a better pre-apprenticeship offer

Traineeships are useful, but pre-apprenticeships could be a better fit suggests Catherine Sezen. The benefit of a traineeship is...

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More consistency please over Prevent inspections

Phil Hatton calls for greater consistency with how Ofsted inspection teams report on the implementation of the anti-terrorism Prevent...

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