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WorldSkills UK squad selection highlights

Hundreds of skilled and talented FE students from across the UK last week fought for a chance to take...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Vocational education the Swiss way

As another review into apprenticeships begins, guest reporter Shane Chowen visits Switzerland and reports on what we can learn...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Nigel Duncan, principal, Fareham College

“You can turn on a sixpence and you can respond very quickly,” Nigel says. “To pull the team together...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A traditional solution to an age-old problem

No one should doubt Professor Alison Wolf’s words when in her review of 14-19 education she said that ‘English...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Moving to functional skills

The change to Functional Skills comes after almost a decade of one approach to literacy and numeracy provision and,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

EFA publish 16-19 funding guidance for 2012/13

The Education Funding Agency has published a series of documents outlining its funding arrangements for 2012/13. It includes version...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Sixth-form colleges fear for their future

A report by the Sixth Form Colleges Forum (SFCF) warns that many colleges “fear for their future” because of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Lead provider ‘top-slice’ amounts published by SFA

A spreadsheet published by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has revealed how much money lead providers are handing over...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Olympic hopefuls in the ring at Dearne Valley College

A group of students from Dearne Valley College are off to compete in the Olympic games. The six college...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter