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The missing middle gap: what’s happening with level 4 and 5?

With the DfE taking a renewed interest in intermediate-level provision, FE needs to seize the moment, says Professor Ewart...

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EWART KEEP
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Where will all the T-level teachers come from?

The ambitious plans for T-levels will surely fail unless more well-qualified staff can be attracted to the sector, warns...

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SIMON MARTIN
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ESFA overhaul of their register of apprenticeship training providers is more urgent than ever

It all seemed so sensible when the ESFA first announced at the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference in March...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
NICK LINFORD
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Why I ‘Love our colleges’ and always will

Monday is the start of Colleges Week! This is a chance to celebrate the role colleges play in the...

Anne Milton
ANNE MILTON
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Government needs to improve access to apprenticeships

This week the education select committee published a wide-ranging report on the government’s apprenticeship record. It highlighted failings in...

Gordon Marsden
GORDON MARSDEN
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Colleges Week should be a celebration with three messages for the chancellor

Having spent more than seven happy years working for a large college in South East London I have seen...

Nick Linford
NICK LINFORD
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Can UTCs fit in the technical education jigsaw?

The government should think again on UTCs, and consider moving admissions to 16, says Gerard Dominguez-Reig Technical education is prone...

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GERARD DOMINGUEZ-REIG
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Three cheers for the Institute for Apprenticeships!

Maritime Skills Alliance sticks up for the maligned IfA for creating two wholly new port operative apprenticeships in a complex...

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IAIN MACKINNON
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The global skills race will be won by the country that can colonise skills systems

With the Germans exporting their entire skills model to countries in their global value chain, the UK needs to...

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ROB MAY