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College staff plan December strike over pay

Further education colleges in England are set to be hit by staff strikes over pay early next month. Members...

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Ofsted clash on work experience

Further education leaders clashed with Ofsted over whether students needed work experience outside of their colleges. The exchange took...

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Skills Show 2013 souvenir edition

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page Skills Show souvenir supplement, sponsored by City & Guilds. Click here to download...

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Powerful new FE Commissioner announced

A former principal and ex-president of the Association of Colleges has been appointed as the government’s first FE Commissioner....

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Two big employers hit Ofsted low

Two big name employers have been hit with damning grade four Ofsted inspection results. InterContinental Hotels Group Services Company...

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Hancock, Whitehead and the £40bn employer spend claim

Is the claim, most recently made in the Whitehead Review, that employers in England spend £40bn on training true,...

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Whitehead’s bonfire of the quals

Around 95 per cent of the adult vocational market’s 19,000-plus qualifications could be axed under radical proposals to “de-clutter...

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Training provider under investigation

A London-based training provider is under its second investigation from the same awarding body following complaints from learners. Bright...

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Hawk swoops for a grade one

The 14-month wait for an outstanding independent learning provider (ILP) under Ofsted’s current common inspection framework is over. The...

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