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Hatton proves a hit for Preston College boxer

  Former boxing World champion Ricky Hatton is set to make a dramatic return to the ring – but instead of...

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TyneMet and Northam Community College to reboot science, tech and maths courses

  Engineering staff from TyneMet College, four teachers from Norham Community Technology College and Jo Lyons from the North...

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Government figures show adult apprenticeships more than tripled

Figures published this morning show that the number of apprenticeship starts aged 25 and above has more than tripled, to...

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Poor vocational qualifications scrapped from performance tables by DfE

Vocational qualifications will not count in performance tables unless they’re high quality, the Department for Education (DfE) announced under...

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Anger over threat to legal status of student governors

UNISON have published a press release stating that “last-minute amendment to the Education Bill could remove the legal right...

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FE Week Reporter
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Education unions join forces to lobby over pension cuts

A petition opposing pension cuts was delivered to the Department for Education (DfE) by all seven education unions this morning....

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FE Week Reporter
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Short 12 week apprenticeships are off the menu

The government’s Data Service promised to publish apprenticeship recruitment figures for 2010/11 today at 9.30am. They did not disappoint,...

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Unionlearn launch dyslexia awareness campaign‏

Unionlearn, the education arm of the TUC, is launching a campaign to help employers understand more about dyslexia. Events and...

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FE Week hits over 100,000 views

Since FE Week launched in early September our website has had over 100,000 page views. On average that means...

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