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Principal and vocational teaching leader Frank McLoughlin leads FE & skills pack in Queen’s Birthday honours with knighthood

City and Islington College principal and chair of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (Cavtl) Frank McLoughlin has been given a knighthood in the Queen’s 2015 Birthday honours list. He leads a pack of more than 20 honours bound for people either working in or related to FE and skills that includes four other […]

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Edition 141: Terry Jones, Ioan Morgan, Ayub Khan & Simon Cook

Peterborough Regional College (PRC) is on cloud nine with the appointment of Royal Air Force director of flying training Terry Jones as its new principal. Mr Jones, who oversees the famous Red Arrows, takes over from interim principal Ioan Morgan next month. Mr Jones also oversees three UK bases responsible for education and training, including […]

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Where the axe might fall, and where it should

In light of the Chancellor’s announcement he wanted to see £900m of in-year savings split evenly between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Education (DfE), Mick Fletcher considers how FE might be affected — and how to lessen that effect. What we know is that the two education departments, […]

Opinion

Ministers to review ‘questions’ over UTC programme in wake of Black Country closure

Questions over Former Education Secretary Lord Baker’s University Technical Colleges (UTCs) programme will be reviewed by ministers after questions from an MP over the closure of the Black Country UTC. Skills Minister Nick Boles said it was important the government asked itself “is this programme as successful as it can possibly be” before agreeing to […]

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UTCs to be discussed in Parliament as Black Country MP challenges closure

Concerns about the University Technical Colleges (UTCs) programme will be raised in Parliament this afternoon after a decision to close one in the Midlands prompted the local MP to take action. David Winnick (pictured), MP for Walsall West, has tabled an adjournment debate in the House of Commons this afternoon following the announcement that the […]

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Grade four Priory ordered to leave second apprenticeship Trailblazer

Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave a second healthcare-related Trailblazer group following its grade four across-the-board rating from Ofsted. Dr Terry Tucker, who chairs the Trailblazer group developing an adult nursing higher apprenticeship standard that also includes BUPA, told FE Week that she had sent a letter to the apprenticeship employer provider on […]

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Woodcock’s journey up FE ladder under way

John Woodcock, the Labour MP for Cumbria’s Barrow and Furness, was appointed Shadow Education Minister for Young People last month. It’s a post that has seen a fair amount of change, with Mr Woodcock taking over from Yvonne Fovargue after she became Shadow Veterans Minister having had the education role for just seven months. She […]

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A call to demonstrate what FE and its workforce can offer

Andrew Harden reflects on FE events at the UCU 2015 congress in Glasgow. The University and College Union’s (UCU) first annual congress under the new government took place in Glasgow recently. The two-day event included a special sector conference attended by delegates from across the FE sector and a joint conference with colleagues in higher […]

Opinion

Edition 140: Lise-Lotte Olsen, Rebecca Kay, Natalie Wilson & Rayna Crawford-Jones

Chelmford’s Writtle College has a new governors’ board chair in Julia Smith. Ms Smith, who has served as a governor since July 2010, took over from Lise-Lotte Olsen, who finished her term of office after eight years in the Essex college role. “I very much look forward to this challenge as we enter an exciting […]

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