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Kerry Boffey, chief executive of the Fellowship of Inspection Nominees
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Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail
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More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are ...
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The wounded mothership: the WEA navigates adult education’s new era
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Her PET project
For 30 years Fleur Sexton has led training provider PET-Xi, with its staff of largely neurodiverse leaders ...
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