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To become ‘anchor institutions’, colleges should operate like social enterprises

To articulate its real worth, the FE sector needs to emulate social enterprises and measure its social value in ways government...

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Now is FE’s chance to deliver higher technical education

The FE white paper gives colleges the chance to become high-level providers of technical education as in other countries, writes Ewart...

Ewart Keep

professor of education, University of Oxford

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Mon 1 Feb 2021, 5.00

Here are 4 things the FE White Paper missed out

Verdict on the White Paper? Fine start but requires improvement, writes Stephen Evans “We must put employers’ needs for skills centre...

Stephen Evans

chief executive, Learning and Work Institute

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Thu 21 Jan 2021, 12.53
Never in 37 years have I seen colleges in the limelight like this White Paper

This White Paper is the first glimpse of where further education could be heading – for the better – writes Sally...

Sally Dicketts

president, Association of College

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Thu 21 Jan 2021, 7.51
We must steady the ship after the government’s half U-turn

After a week at sea like no other, the next big challenge is teacher-assessed grades, writes David Hughes This week we’ve...

David Hughes

chief executive, Association of Colleges

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Sat 9 Jan 2021, 7.33
Thank you to everyone in FE for your extraordinary efforts

Virtual visits during lockdown have revealed many excellent practices to tackle Covid-19 in colleges, writes Gillian Keegan There has never been...

Gillian Keegan

Minister for apprenticeships and skills

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Wed 16 Dec 2020, 9.00
We must not confuse competition with choice

For most other European countries, education is deemed too important to leave to market forces, writes David Corke Today we published...

David Corke

director of education and skills policy, Association of Colleges

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Tue 8 Dec 2020, 15.57
How can we be in financial intervention yet ineligible for Covid relief?

Being turned down twice for relief funding feels like we are losing out partly because of our hard work, writes Chris...

CHRIS MALISH

deputy chief executive, Bradford College

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Sat 19 Sep 2020, 5.00
Ofqual to face grilling by MPs over exams fiasco

Leaders from exams regulator Ofqual will appear in front of MPs next week to answer questions about this year’s exam results...

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Fri 28 Aug 2020, 14.10
Colleges and schools cry foul over missing vocational results

Colleges and schools across England are still awaiting the results of some vocational qualifications, despite a promise from government that all...

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Fri 28 Aug 2020, 14.17
500 students still awaiting BTEC results

There are still 500 BTEC results “outstanding,” the chief executive of Association of Colleges said this morning. Speaking to ITV’s This...

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Wed 19 Aug 2020, 11.17