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International students: Why college income is in freefall

With the income colleges make from international students plummeting, FE Week spoke with college and sector leaders to understand why this is happening, why foreign students are so important and what can be done to keep them coming. Income from international students studying at UK universities and other higher education institutions is up two-thirds since […]

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Ofsted parks new provider monitoring visits

New provider monitoring visits have been delayed indefinitely by Ofsted. The inspectorate previously said it would restart the visits from January face-to-face but later announced they would be conducted remotely until at least the February half-term in light of the third national lockdown. The virtual monitoring visits to providers that are new to delivering apprenticeships […]

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All apprenticeship providers told to reapply to RoATP yet again

All providers on the government’s register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP) will need to reapply yet again over the course of the next year as plans for another “refresh” are unveiled. The Education and Skills Funding Agency published further details today about the next phase of register which has been closed to new applicants since […]

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Introducing…Steve Kelly

Whether it’s teaching in prisons or walking on hot coals, Steve Kelly, principal at Keighley College near Bradford, says the biggest lesson in life is to trust Steve Kelly was trusted early on in his teaching career. There he was, sat in a PGCE class at Charles Keene College in Leicester as a slightly older […]

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NAW 2021 | FE White paper & the next phase of apprenticeship reform (recording)

Yesterday afternoon a group of sector leaders and policymakers took part in an FE Week roundtable to mark National Apprenticeship Week. The roundtable, in partnership with NCFE, was an opportunity to debate and explore the impact of the FE white paper published last month on apprenticeships. Watch now Roundtable Title: Quantity AND quality: FE White […]

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Revealed: ESFA investigation into fastest growing apprenticeship provider

England’s fastest growing apprenticeship provider is under investigation by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and faces going bust, FE Week can reveal. Logistics.com (UK) Ltd only became a government-approved apprenticeship provider in March 2020, at which point it swiftly changed ownership. In the following eight months during a pandemic more than 1,100 apprentices, mostly […]

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What does inclusivity in education look like?

After this last year, more people are aware that just because we’re in this together, doesn’t mean we all have the same experience or opportunities.   How can we know what someone else is experiencing unless we try to understand it and how can we create equal opportunities if we don’t know the barriers that stand […]

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Ofsted confirms remote inspections extended until March 8

Ofsted has confirmed that in-person routine inspections will not be returning until March 8 at the earliest. The education watchdog had originally planned to undertake remote inspections until the February half-term before reviewing its next steps. However, new guidance published as part of the inspectorate’s rolling Covid-19 update today confirmed that planned inspection work will be carried […]

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Experienced sector leader appointed new Hull College Group chair

The former principal of Trafford College has been made the new chair of Hull College Group, FE Week can reveal. Lesley Davies OBE has been appointed less than a week after the shock resignation of Daf Williams, who left after the college launched an investigation into spending under his watch. Interim principal Lowell Williams began […]

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