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We have already had more than 200 entries from 40 colleges, but it is not too late to apply September enrolment is an exciting time of the year. Thousands of fresh faces take up their favourite courses to improve their skills, knowledge and career opportunities. But we know there are many other reasons for why […]

Follow the adventures of FE Week’s biggest and smallest fan! Mostly this week I have been having a giggle on the swings in Greenwich Park And also you can follow our FE Week mini-mascot on Twitter @daniellinford

On Monday Nick Linford, Managing Editor of FE Week, spent the day as Editor of England’s best-selling regional morning newspaper, the Eastern Daily Press (EDP).  Back in June, Nick successfully secured the opportunity by outbidding others at City College Norwich’s Charity Auction, which raised over £40,000 for its Student Opportunities Fund. The day kicked off […]

I hate Colleges Week. Colleges hate Colleges Week. Journalists hate Colleges Week. Colleges Week (26 September to 2 October) interrupts the genuinely good stuff that colleges do. It’s a constipated, false celebration, where some group of individuals as well as the AoC and 157 Group and goodness knows who else decides to tell colleges what […]

FE Week could not travel to the east of England without visiting City College Norwich (CCN), and taking a look at the their innovative work around enterprise and entrepreneurship. The Principal, Dick Palmer, has an innovative approach when it comes to teaching and learning, and recent developments at the college look set to transform students’ […]

The supermarket chain Asda is owned by Walmart, which for fiscal year ending January 31, 2011 (according to Wikipedia), “reported a net income of $15.4 billion on $422 billion of revenue with a 24.7 per cent gross profit margin”, making it “the world’s 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000 list, and […]

Follow the adventures of FE Week’s biggest and smallest fan! Mostly this week I have been learning that autumn leaves are crunchy“ And also you can follow our FE Week mini-mascot on Twitter @daniellinford  

FE Week held an evidence gathering session at the House of Commons on Tuesday to allow college principals, agency officials and front and back bench MPs to discuss the Government’s most recent policy U-turn. The ‘clarification’, which covers all 19+ Skills Funding Agency funded learners, including those seeking fully funded English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) […]