Opinion

Squeezing the heart of adult education

Broad-based adult education that stretches minds, stimulates aesthetic delight and gives people the chance to change their lives is...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The front line, the back office, and the long corridor in between

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist Ben Nicholls is head of policy at London’s Newham College. He...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

How the FE sector – and its students – are being starved

It’s time to end the inequity that means more than 103,000 16 to 18-year-old college students miss out on...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Gordon Marsden, shadow skills minister

Picture the young Gordon Marsden on his first day as a tutor for the Open University. It is the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Seal of approval for Chartered Status winner

Lisa Cassidy, 24, accepting her award for her winning design (left) from skills minister Matthew Hancock The minister presented...

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FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Classmates sign up as bone marrow donors

A 17-year-old Havering student is determined to end the fear of donating stem cells, reports Rebecca Cooney A student...

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FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Nick nails a staff post

A student with autism is inspiring students and staff at Weston College, reports Rebecca Cooney When Nick Youde came...

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FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Network opens regional offices

An organisation that aims to give people the skills to get a job or an apprenticeship has rolled out...

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FE Week Reporter
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Pimped car raises £1,650 for Comic Relief

Manchester motor students transformed a secondhand car with a Red Nose-themed makeover. The body and finish department from Bolton...

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FE Week Reporter