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Leadership and management questioned in new ETF survey results while non-GCSE English and maths review set for launch

Approval of FE sector leadership and management has declined since last year, according to the results of an Education...

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Ofqual issues four-point improvement plan for Functional Skills

Ofqual has issued a four-point improvement plan for awarding organisations (AOs) in a bid to make Functional Skills qualifications...

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Labour warned ‘hands off FE budget’ amid rumours Ed Miliband wants to cut maximum university fee by third

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has issued a plea to the Labour Party not to raid the FE budget...

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AoC hits back at ex-Ofsted director’s claim colleges are ‘frankly, rubbish’

Association of Colleges (AoC) boss Martin Doel (above) has leapt to the defence of his members after a former...

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Ofsted welcomes fellow education watchdogs from across Europe

Ofsted national director for FE and skills Lorna Fitzjohn today launched the first conference for inspectors from across Europe...

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Accounts committee chair warns DfE has ‘little understanding of the impact of existing initiatives and programmes’ for 16 to 18-year-olds

Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge (pictured) has warned that the Department for Education (DfE) has “little understanding of...

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UCU members at Lambeth College vote to end strike

Lambeth College’s long-running dispute over new staff contracts came to an end this evening after striking union members voted...

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Doug Richard arrested on suspicion of raping 13-year-old girl

Former BBC Dragons’ Den investor and government apprenticeship reform adviser Doug Richard has been arrested and bailed on suspicion...

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A4e staff ripped off DWP welfare-to-work scheme with false clients and forged paper trails

Four A4e workers forged paperwork to make fraudulent claims against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) welfare-to-work scheme,...

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