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Report: Urgent rethink needed on NEETs and SEND learners

The government must rethink how it supports low-achieving, disengaged, and special needs students, as help from local authorities and...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Search on for top FE leaders to support struggling colleges

High achieving FE leaders are being sought by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to support other colleges in...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Greening: 61 per cent apprenticeships drop was expected

The government knew apprenticeship starts would drop dramatically after the levy was introduced in May, the education secretary has...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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WorldSkills 2017: Full medal tables published

Team UK’s position as one the best in the world at vocational skills has been reaffirmed following World Skills...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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End point assessment crisis – apprentices who can’t complete

End-point assessment has hit crisis point – as FE leaders warn that the first wave of learners are reaching...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Cash-strapped college wastes £3m on development plans

A cash-strapped London college spent more than £3 million on plans to develop one of its sites that never...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week

A sixth-form college has improved its Ofsted rating by one grade to ‘good’, in a mixed week for FE...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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MPs consider investigating the state of FE loans

The student loans system will come under parliamentary scrutiny – an investigation which may include FE. The Treasury select...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
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Ex-ITP boss on trial for alleged Sunderland College fraud

The ex-chief executive of a training provider and her former colleagues are on trial for allegedly defrauding a college...

Jude Burke
Jude Burke