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Testing times for LLE as student loans delayed again

1h | Adult education

FE Week on Location: Parisa, Parents and Pearson

3h | WorldSkills

Relief as DfE probe finds a mere £321 discrepancy

1h | Apprenticeships

WorldSkills 2026: Day 2 round-up – Keeping cool as the clock ticks

3h | WorldSkills

New ‘vocational GCSEs’ to replace KS4 technical awards

19h | Young people

FE Week on Location: And they’re off

1d | WorldSkills

WorldSkills 2026: Day 1 round-up – Smells like Team spirit

1d | WorldSkills
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The chancellor must raise apprenticeship funding bands

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Sharon Hague

The AI jobs debate is missing the skilled trades

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Growth sectors need skills. Employer investment’s heading the wrong way

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Marion Plant

We want medals, but WorldSkills is about much more

Marion Plant

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Claire Green

Hidden NEETs need help, not another college blame game

Claire Green

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Ofsted report cards: What have nine months taught us?
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SWAP job outcomes hit lowest rate as starts surge
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FE leaders drop their requests into Burnham’s in-tray
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