Bulletin

Harlow College finds Jan’s Apprentice

Janet Murray is a freelance education journalist, writing mainly for The Guardian and well as FE Week and the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Key appointment at Derby College

Derby College has appointed Paul Deane as Deputy Principal – Registrar, with responsibility for the cross-College functions that impact...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Painting the Forth Bridge

I read recently that the phrase “painting the Forth Bridge” will soon be redundant – they have come up...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Lynne Sedgmore, CEO, 157 Group

When Lynne Sedgmore passed the 11 plus, it made the local news.  Few children from her council estate went...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Youth unemployment at record high

Figures released this morning (Wednesday) show youth unemployment is at a record high. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) said...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Uncategorized

Vocational qualifications are ideal… but they’re still for other people’s children

WorldSkills has been and gone, all the hype, the advertising, the supplements, the drum banging… and now the silence...

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FE Week Reporter
News

‘Plumber’s Apprentice’ statue unveiled at Cannon Street Station

  A sculpture of the ‘Plumber’s Apprentice’ has been unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester at Cannon Street Station....

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FE Week Reporter
Uncategorized

WorldSkills London 2011: Opening with a bang

With a rush of activity and a buzz of excitement, the world’s largest international skills competition arrived on UK...

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FE Week Reporter
News

250 apprentices at risk of derailment at Bombardier

Around 250 young people will be affected by lost apprenticeships and engineering jobs at Bombardier, a union has warned....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter