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Tough new intervention trigger for FE Commissioner

The FE commissioner has new powers to trigger formal intervention, under tougher plans to enter colleges before they hit...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Government research finds colleges must do more to motivate GCSE resit students

Government research has found that colleges need to do more to motivate GCSE maths and English resit students.  “Motivation...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Management apprenticeships debate rages

The Institute for Apprenticeships has defended the rise in management apprenticeships, amid stark warnings about the fate of those...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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CITB retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating

The Construction Industry Training Board has held onto its ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted, in a report due to be...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Revealed: 3 million apprenticeship target slipping away

The government’s commitment to three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 is increasingly out of reach, exclusive FE Week analysis...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Baker clause: Schools obliged to let FE providers talk to pupils from January

The Baker clause, which forces schools to open their doors to FE providers to let them advertise their services...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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New ESFA boss admits levy ‘challenges’

The apprenticeship levy is having a challenging introduction, the new person in charge of education finances has admitted. Eileen...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Corbyn threatens independence of colleges

Colleges’ status as independent corporations could be at risk under Labour’s plan for free lifelong learning, Jeremy Corbyn has...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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FE practitioner research movement gathers pace

As one college principal puts out a call for greater support for practitioner research, moves are afoot to create...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke