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FE Week’s most viewed articles in 2012

FE Week has quickly built a reputation for being a high quality weekly printed newspaper, but we also publish many of our articles and all our supplements online. In 2012 the FE Week website received 798,204 page views from 172,161 unique visitors, with an average visit duration lasting two minutes and five seconds.

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Kirklees College “overjoyed” by good Ofsted report

A principal has taken a Yorkshire college from an “inadequate” to a “good” Ofsted grading after downsizing staff and laying out “clear objectives”. Peter McCann transformed the reputation of Kirklees College over 18 months and when the quality watchdog recently re-inspected they found all eight areas of the curriculum to be “good”. Under his leadership […]

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All we want for students is more choice

The government go-ahead for FE colleges to recruit 14-year-olds from school is to be applauded, says Mike Hopkins The government’s decision to let FE colleges recruit 14-year-olds from schools is great news for students and FE. A good number of students will benefit from high-quality vocational learning while continuing a broad education within the national […]

Opinion

Mentoring is about more than staff development

An award-winning programme to support race equality and career development should become part of the mainstream, not just an add-on, says Rajinder Mann Whether you are a high-achieving lecturer with your sights set on being a college principal or a young offender with a determination to quit crime, you share a number of basic needs […]

Opinion

Peter Davies, project leader, FE Guild consultation

The project leader for the FE Guild consultation talks to FE Week  Peter Davies got his land legs back eight years ago after 35 years in the Royal Navy. He also learned sign language, moved into FE to steer adult education college City Lit to an outstanding Ofsted grade — and now is at the […]

Profiles

Job losses as LSIS faces closure

As many as 162 people face losing their jobs after the government’s confirmation that the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will no longer receive funding. LSIS announced it had “no alternative” but to begin a managed exit from its delivery of improvement services for FE and the skills sector. Chief executive Rob Wye told […]

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Exclusive: Colleges given green light to recruit full-time 14 and 15 year olds

FE Week can exclusively reveal that the Minister for Skills (above) has written to two members of the 14-16 College Implementation Group, confirming that “from next September we will now make full time 14-16 enrolment available as a new avenue” for FE and sixth form colleges. Matthew Hancock made this landmark decision in his letter dated 6 […]

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Principal of Leeds City College to be chair of 157 Group

FE Week can reveal that today Peter Roberts (pictured), principal of Leeds City College, has been unanimously elected as chair of the 157 Group. Mr Roberts takes over from Marilyn Hawkins, the former principal of Barnet and Southgate College, who retired from the post in April 2012. The 157 Group is a membership organisation, which “represents […]

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What should FE expect in the coming years?

With the budget announcements tomorrow coinciding with the half way point for this Government, Steve Besley, Head of Policy at Pearson, looks at what might lie ahead for the world of FE  The end of the year is always a busy time for the FE sector but this year it brings the added twist of marking the […]

Opinion