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College oversight: support and intervention
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Apr 1, 2019
A matter of principals: strengthening leadership in further education colleges
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Apr 1, 2019
New triggers for DfE college interventions revealed
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Apr 1, 2019
New ‘triggers’ for government intervention in colleges revealed
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Apr 1, 2019
Colleges could face local area reviews by FE commissioner
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Apr 1, 2019
In the news 29 March 2019
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Mar 29, 2019
Guildford College Group joins Activate Learning
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Mar 29, 2019
Grade one college chief executive says sorry after dodgy data exposed
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Mar 28, 2019
College lecturers to escalate industrial action in pay row
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Mar 28, 2019
Scotland: Student assessments targeted as college lecturers escalate strike action
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Mar 28, 2019
New Independent Commission on the College of the Future launched
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Mar 28, 2019
Commission on the 'college of the future' unveiled
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Mar 28, 2019
The 16 members of the ‘College of the Future’ commission
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Mar 28, 2019
Anger at job loss plans for Knowsley and St Helens colleges
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Mar 27, 2019
65 more jobs under threat at merged college
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Mar 27, 2019
Why evening classes could protect students from knife crime
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Mar 27, 2019
Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2019 gets underway
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Mar 27, 2019
Meet the serial entrepreneur turned college champion
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Mar 26, 2019
More Scots students going to university, but college numbers fall
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Mar 26, 2019
Wiltshire College wins Edge sponsored Beacon Award
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Mar 26, 2019
Chatbot talks up a storm for Bolton College
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Mar 26, 2019
Why are Scotland’s college lecturers on strike?: A statement by the EIS
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Mar 26, 2019
Great leadership must be allowed to flourish in colleges
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Mar 25, 2019
UK colleges celebrate prizes at AoC Beacon Awards
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Mar 23, 2019
College spends almost £1m on consultants and temps
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Mar 22, 2019
In the news 22 March 2019
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Mar 22, 2019
Colleges ticked off for ‘over-optimistic’ forecasts
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Mar 22, 2019
‘Urgent actions’ needed at two cash-strapped colleges, FE Commissioner warns
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Mar 22, 2019
The truth behind plans to cull 300 staff at England’s largest college group
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Mar 22, 2019
Scotland: We demand Scottish government intervene on FE pay
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Mar 21, 2019
Brooklands principal resigns amid investigation into mysterious £16m subcontractor
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Mar 21, 2019
Scotland: Row as college bosses appeal directly to lecturers not to strike
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Mar 21, 2019
Scotland: Lecturers to strike for fourth day in college pay dispute
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Mar 21, 2019
Colleges to receive £1.8m to boost to help raise standards
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Mar 20, 2019
Scotland: College staff on strike are 'best-paid in UK', employers claim
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Mar 20, 2019
Scotland: College chiefs write to lecturers over pay dispute ahead of strike
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Mar 20, 2019
The danger of growth: should colleges stay small?
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Mar 20, 2019
Kensington and Chelsea College reveals merger plan
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Mar 20, 2019
13 colleges to share £1.8m in improvement funds
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Mar 20, 2019
The 13 colleges to share £1.8m strategic improvement funding
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Mar 20, 2019
Half of this week's college strikes cancelled or paused
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Mar 19, 2019
England’s biggest college group plans to downsize putting 300 jobs at risk
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Mar 19, 2019
Strikes still on at five colleges as progress is made in some disputes
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Mar 19, 2019
Half of college strikes planned for this week called off
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Mar 19, 2019
IoD executive director appointed Fife College chair
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Mar 19, 2019
Hadlow Group appoint interim chairs – including one very familiar face
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Mar 19, 2019
Principal suspended pending outcome of investigation has resigned
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Mar 18, 2019
Spending review must confirm colleges' importance
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Mar 18, 2019
Ten colleges face strike action in third wave of walkouts
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Mar 15, 2019
Strikes off at New College Swindon as deal agreed
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Mar 15, 2019
In the news 15 March 2019
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Mar 15, 2019
Three-day strike at New College Swindon called off after 2% staff pay rise agreed
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Mar 15, 2019
Scotland: Government publishes Brexit action plan for FE
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Mar 15, 2019
DfE paid £1m to settle Hadlow Group’s legal case
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Mar 15, 2019
The 10 colleges in third wave of strike action over pay
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Mar 15, 2019
Colleges face days of strike disruption next week
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Mar 15, 2019
How West Nottinghamshire College is fighting for survival
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Mar 15, 2019
Was the Spring Statement enough? No. But it was a start.
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Mar 13, 2019
Videos published to showcase the value of colleges
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Mar 13, 2019
In turbulent times, college chairs play a crucial role
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Mar 12, 2019
Link arts and STEM to help students steam ahead
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Mar 12, 2019
Developing a ‘two-way street’ partnership between college and industry
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Mar 12, 2019
Second chair resigns from college group embroiled in financial scandal
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Mar 11, 2019
FE Commissioner: review of Cornwall's post-16 provision
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Mar 8, 2019
Commissioner recommends single college for Cornwall
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Mar 8, 2019
Scots college lecturers in fresh strike over ongoing pay dispute
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Mar 6, 2019
Scotland: College lecturers on strike again in pay dispute
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Mar 6, 2019
Scotland: College lecturers walk out in third strike day over pay
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Mar 6, 2019
'Today, I bid farewell to FE'
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Mar 3, 2019
Anger at job loss plans for Stockport College and Trafford College
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Mar 1, 2019
Ofsted Watch: Adult and community learning providers make great gains
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Mar 1, 2019
Two more colleges out of commissioner intervention
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Mar 1, 2019
Teaching jobs under threat at newly merged college
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Mar 1, 2019
Intervention in struggling colleges is painful but necessary
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Mar 1, 2019
Up to 50 jobs at risk at college group following £30m merger bailout
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Mar 1, 2019
NCG temporarily abandons search for new chief executive
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Mar 1, 2019
SFC commits £10 million to Scottish pay harmonisation
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Feb 28, 2019
Further education corporations and sixth-form college corporations: governance guide
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Feb 28, 2019
You can't knock colleges for taking risks
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Feb 28, 2019
FE sector likely to see further de-mergers
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Feb 28, 2019
CBI calls for extra year of education
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Feb 28, 2019
CBI: More learners should go to colleges
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Feb 28, 2019
DfE urges colleges to report whether they are adopting AoC’s controversial senior pay code
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Feb 27, 2019
Almost half of Scotland's colleges 'very good' for student outcomes
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Feb 26, 2019
Dons revolt against Oxford’s new ‘university-run’ college
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Feb 26, 2019
Ofqual sparks immediate backlash over plans to force awarding organisations to conduct no-notice audits
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Feb 25, 2019
FE colleges: changes to statutory insolvency and intervention regimes
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Feb 22, 2019
Ofsted watch: Independent specialist college rated ‘inadequate’ in poor week for providers
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Feb 22, 2019
In the news 22 February 2019
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Feb 22, 2019
The school for survivors of modern slavery
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Feb 22, 2019
College interim leader earned £143,000 for seven months' work
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Feb 21, 2019
Strike ballot opens at Oaklands College
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Feb 20, 2019
Principal and deputy suspended at Hadlow College Group
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Feb 19, 2019
College recovers £500k Saudi Arabian debt
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Feb 18, 2019
John Ruskin College commended by FE Commissioner's report
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Feb 15, 2019
Hadlow Group appoints troubleshooter as interim principal
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Feb 15, 2019
Accounting irregularities investigated at Hadlow Group colleges
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Feb 15, 2019
Strike ballots open at more London colleges
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Feb 13, 2019
Strike ballot opens at two more colleges
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Feb 13, 2019
How to unleash the talent already in your college - Chapter 6a
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Feb 13, 2019
Scotland: Why we cannot make lecturers a better offer on pay
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Feb 12, 2019
DfE reveals colleges allocated £470m in financial support
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Feb 11, 2019
Hadlow Group senior leader resigns as FE Commissioner steps in
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Feb 11, 2019
Tes FE Podcast: Governors and the insolvency regime
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Feb 11, 2019
How to get the best out of a college merger
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Feb 11, 2019
Let’s embrace a four nations approach to skills
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Feb 10, 2019
Unison to ballot college staff for strike action
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Feb 8, 2019
Easton and Otley College needs 'swift action', commissioner says
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Feb 8, 2019
Principal defends college merger facilitated by £30 million bailout
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Feb 8, 2019
The 5 causes of poor performance in FE - Chapter 3
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Feb 8, 2019
Minister places college in administered status as FE Commissioner exposes ‘historical’ corporate failure
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Feb 7, 2019
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Feb 7, 2019
Colleges need to behave like social enterprises
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Feb 7, 2019
'Substantial operating losses' at London college
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Feb 7, 2019
College told to urgently improve leadership
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Feb 7, 2019
North Hertfordshire College placed in administered college status
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Feb 7, 2019
The Open University teams up with colleges to offer free functional skills courses
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Feb 7, 2019
FE Commissioner reports published for 3 struggling colleges
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Feb 7, 2019
College performance compared to other sectors - Chapter 2
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Feb 7, 2019
Troubled college ‘determined to secure long-term future’ ahead of FE Commissioner report
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Feb 7, 2019
Gower College Swansea joins the Collab Group of Colleges
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Feb 6, 2019
Scotland: Second day of strike action by lecturers in pay dispute
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Feb 5, 2019
College lecturers strike for a second day across Scotland
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Feb 5, 2019
Scotland: We should not be on strike today
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Feb 5, 2019
Scotland: College students face disruption as lecturers strike
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Feb 5, 2019
Scotland: Lecturers urged to suspend strike action over 'unreasonable pay demands'
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Feb 5, 2019
Conservative MP: FE 'worst hit' by funding cuts
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Feb 4, 2019
Scotland: McColl slams closure of ‘life-changing’ college
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Feb 3, 2019
Scotland: Ministers urged to step in to save threatened college
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Feb 2, 2019
In the news 1 February 2019
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Feb 1, 2019
UCU members strike over pay in 13 colleges across England
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Feb 1, 2019
DfE: Tell EU staff about settlement scheme
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Jan 31, 2019
Why colleges shouldn't be afraid of insolvency
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Jan 31, 2019
Local MP says pay rise is long overdue as she gives full support to West Thames College strikers
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Jan 30, 2019
In pictures: UCU college strike
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Jan 29, 2019
Boost for Leicester College strikers as local MP offers full support
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Jan 29, 2019
College insolvency regime: 7 things we learned from DfE’s new guidance
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Jan 29, 2019
Scottish colleges enrol more schoolchildren
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Jan 29, 2019
Scotland: More students from deprived areas completing college courses
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Jan 29, 2019
Strikes suspended at Hugh Baird College following breakthrough in talks
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Jan 28, 2019
Breakthrough at Hugh Baird College as UCU members set to walk out at 14 colleges
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Jan 28, 2019
Strikes suspended at New College Swindon following eleventh hour breakthrough in talks
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Jan 28, 2019
Strikes suspended at two colleges to ratify pay deals
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Jan 28, 2019
In the crazy world of edtech, some really do care
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Jan 27, 2019
It's time for MPs to put education before Brexit
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Jan 26, 2019
Ofsted watch: Up-and-down week for FE
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Jan 25, 2019
In the news 25 January 2019
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Jan 25, 2019
Boost for City of Wolverhampton College strikers as local MP offers full support
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Jan 25, 2019
Boost for West Thames College strikers as local MP offers full support
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Jan 25, 2019
College in £37m debt given permission to carry out banned tactical subcontracting
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Jan 25, 2019
Colleges report maths and English teacher shortage
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Jan 25, 2019
Former learner warns he’ll take DfE and SLC to court over FE loans scandal
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Jan 25, 2019
Strikes on next week at New College Swindon as talks break down
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Jan 24, 2019
Let's not forget our colleges' international staff
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Jan 24, 2019
It’s time to recognise the vital role colleges play in careers education
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Jan 24, 2019
Teaching for distinction, the Oldham College CPD in FE programme is working!
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Jan 23, 2019
Colleges will put learners on inappropriate courses without funding increase, warns Ofsted boss
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Jan 23, 2019
Boost for Abingdon and Witney College strikers as local MP backs pay campaign
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Jan 23, 2019
Plymouth keeps report on private college cheating claims secret
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Jan 23, 2019
What will colleges look like in the future?
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Jan 23, 2019
Lib Dems back college strike over pay
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Jan 23, 2019
Two colleges among most LGBT-friendly employers
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Jan 22, 2019
College claims Institute of Technology bid ‘not in jeopardy’ despite Ofsted grade three
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Jan 22, 2019
Milton: College leaders need mental health support
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Jan 21, 2019
The insolvency regime - prevention is better than cure
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Jan 21, 2019
£2m bank charge for college clearing debt with bailout
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Jan 19, 2019
Colleges must deal with the pay crisis or risk further strikes
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Jan 19, 2019
Debate will be FE's chance to push for real change
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Jan 18, 2019
In the news 18 January 2019
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Jan 18, 2019
Top-performing college owed £500k pulls out of Saudi Arabia programme
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Jan 18, 2019
Colleges congratulated as FE funding tops DfE’s correspondence league tables
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Jan 18, 2019
Students unaware of Teaching Excellence Framework
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Jan 18, 2019
College hiding principal’s expenses ‘skirting with possible criminal offence’
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Jan 18, 2019
Deficit hits £10m in three years as KCC continues to seek merger solution
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Jan 18, 2019
Principal ‘not right’ for next stage of college journey given £150k payment
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Jan 18, 2019
Ofsted talk tough on integrity in new regime, but they can’t do it alone
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Jan 18, 2019
Blame culture following an error of judgement now at unacceptable levels - It's time for intervention
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Jan 18, 2019
College group told to improve student outcomes by OfS
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Jan 17, 2019
The new college insolvency regime
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Jan 17, 2019
College funding to get its day in the sun with House of Commons debate
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Jan 17, 2019
Scotland: Colleges chief accused of lying over strike claims
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Jan 17, 2019
Ofsted will not treat college students like kids
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Jan 16, 2019
Colleges forced by budget cuts to promote ‘bums on seats’ courses that are ‘low-value’, Ofsted says
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Jan 16, 2019
Scotland: Stalemate on pay not down to union militancy
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Jan 16, 2019
Colleges asked to apply for next wave of T levels
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Jan 16, 2019
Scotland: Striking lecturers' pay demands ‘unreasonable’
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Jan 16, 2019
Scotland: John Swinney defends pay offer to striking college lecturers
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Jan 16, 2019
Scotland: Education Secretary defends pay offer to striking college lecturers
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Jan 16, 2019
Scotland: College pay claim 'not reasonable' says John Swinney as lecturers strike
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Jan 16, 2019
Ofsted needs to become a force for improvement again
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Jan 16, 2019
Scottish college lecturers go on strike in pay dispute
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Jan 16, 2019
Scotland: Lecturers to strike again over pay
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Jan 16, 2019
Strike dates announced at 16 English colleges in pay row
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Jan 15, 2019
Scotland: College lecturers set for strikes over pay
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Jan 15, 2019
'Strike is in no one's interest,' says FE minister
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Jan 15, 2019
UCU announces date for 48-hour college pay strike
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Jan 15, 2019
Strike dates announced for 16 colleges locked in pay disputes
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Jan 15, 2019
Fifth consecutive grade three Ofsted report for troubled London college
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Jan 15, 2019
DfE launches consultation on plans to fund £80m college pension contribution increase
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Jan 15, 2019
The Baker clause can only be a short-term fix
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Jan 14, 2019
'Bottom lines are to blame for our "bums on seats" approach'
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Jan 13, 2019
The college mergers on the horizon for 2019
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Jan 11, 2019
Ofsted watch: Mixed week for FE providers
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Jan 11, 2019
This year, if nothing else, won’t be boring for us in the FE and skills sector
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Jan 11, 2019
London’s largest college group abandons an appeal against a £3 million HMRC bill
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Jan 11, 2019
College ends use of corporate credit cards after its former principal claimed £40k expenses
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Jan 11, 2019
Highbury College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state
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Jan 11, 2019
Ofsted: Colleges must ‘recruit with integrity’
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Jan 10, 2019
College governance: Opportunities and challenges
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Jan 10, 2019
Oxford and Cambridge reject Adonis proposal for 'access' colleges
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Jan 10, 2019
Scotland: No college should charge for graduation
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Jan 9, 2019
College brings in four-day teaching week
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Jan 8, 2019
College gets its ‘good’ Ofsted rating back a year after mega-merger
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Jan 8, 2019
Garry Phillips: The FE sector pays tribute
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Jan 7, 2019
College could increase teachers' hours to cut costs
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Jan 7, 2019
Brexit shows us how to work with our neighbours
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Jan 7, 2019
Shock as super-head teacher is found dead just weeks after being forced out of his £260,000-a-year job
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Jan 5, 2019
Super-head found dead just weeks after being forced out of £260,000-a-year job at college following a vote of no confidence
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Jan 5, 2019
£260k super-head found dead weeks after being forced out of job
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Jan 5, 2019
Death announced of former principal Garry Phillips
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Jan 4, 2019
The 16-17 railcard will help but bus travel support would help more
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Jan 2, 2019
College sector honoured in New Year’s Honours list
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Jan 2, 2019
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Dec 28, 2018
Scotland: ‘Decade of SNP cuts’ cost colleges £1 billion, say Labour
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Dec 27, 2018
'England is home now': The EU students left in limbo by Brexit
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Dec 20, 2018
Immigration white paper: what it means for college students
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Dec 19, 2018
Ten more colleges back strikes in UCU ballot
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Dec 19, 2018
Scottish colleges fear funding clawback
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Dec 19, 2018
Scotland: College lecturers to strike in pay row
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Dec 19, 2018
Sixteen colleges facing UCU strike action in the new year
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Dec 19, 2018
New year strike threat at 16 English colleges in row over pay
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Dec 19, 2018
Scottish college lecturers back strike action
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Dec 19, 2018
Ten more colleges back strikes in UCU ballot
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Dec 19, 2018
Do ‘second-chance colleges’ still have a future?
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Dec 18, 2018
Residential special schools and colleges: support for children
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Dec 17, 2018
DfE: Stop being Scrooges over sixth-form funding
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Dec 16, 2018
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Dec 14, 2018
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Dec 14, 2018
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Dec 14, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Three providers rated ‘good’ in first inspections
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Dec 14, 2018
AoC fears college apprenticeships market share will shrink further
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Dec 14, 2018
Tes FE Podcast: The FE leadership challenge
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Dec 14, 2018
Bailout cash will still be available under new insolvency regime
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Dec 14, 2018
Colleges told to improve access for HE students by 2038
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Dec 13, 2018
Second round of £5 million Taking Teaching Further opens
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Dec 12, 2018
Second round of T-levels teacher programme opens
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Dec 12, 2018
DfE figures reveal colleges hit hardest by move to apprenticeship levy funding
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Dec 11, 2018
Move over, Calendar Girls: male college staff bare all
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Dec 11, 2018
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Dec 10, 2018
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Dec 10, 2018
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Dec 10, 2018
In the news 7 December 2018
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Dec 7, 2018
Colleges receive funding boost to help raise standards
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Dec 6, 2018
FE colleges are the ‘national infrastructure’ for technical education
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Dec 6, 2018
UCU responds to colleges' "insulting" 1% pay offer
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Dec 6, 2018
Union warns AoC risks ‘becoming an irrelevant voice’ after another ‘insulting’ 1% pay offer
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Dec 6, 2018
Wales: Threat of strike action by FE staff prompts revised pay offer from colleges
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Dec 6, 2018
Education secretary disagrees with Ofsted and not blaming colleges for ‘false hope’ job prospects
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Dec 6, 2018
Latest survey offers new understanding of the FE maths teacher workforce
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Dec 5, 2018
Milton: Colleges are failing due to lack of leader scrutiny
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Dec 5, 2018
Scotland's colleges set out five-year plan
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Dec 5, 2018
Ireland: 470 international students impacted following Grafton College snap closure
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Dec 4, 2018
UCU response to Ofsted annual report
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Dec 4, 2018
Ofsted annual report 2017/18: Nine key findings for FE
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Dec 4, 2018
FE sector welcomes Ofsted's FE funding 'wake-up call'
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Dec 4, 2018
Ireland: Teachers left unpaid as English-language school shuts
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Dec 4, 2018
DfE wants Ofsted to inspect more ‘outstanding’ colleges – but won’t drop exemption
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Dec 3, 2018
How DfE can better support colleges in crisis
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Dec 3, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Week of winners and losers in FE
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Nov 30, 2018
In the news: 30 November
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Nov 30, 2018
'The social benefits of FE must not be forgotten'
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Nov 30, 2018
College-run academy trusts in trouble
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Nov 30, 2018
FE commissioner: check with me before appointing a principal
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Nov 30, 2018
UCU strike closes one college and affects five others
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Nov 30, 2018
Revealed: vast majority of loans-only providers are less than good
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Nov 30, 2018
College funding petition students visit Parliament
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Nov 29, 2018
FE First Awards 2018 for college marketing - results announced!
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Nov 28, 2018
Slaves to students: British college marks new start for survivors
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Nov 28, 2018
Milton does want collaboration between colleges and private providers, DfE confirms
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Nov 27, 2018
UCU warns of disastrous plans to cut more jobs at Blackburn College
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Nov 27, 2018
Boost for Bath College strikers as local MP backs pay campaign
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Nov 27, 2018
School and college funding: Education Committee questions local authorities
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Nov 27, 2018
College that crashed two grades from ‘outstanding’ to cut 41 jobs
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Nov 27, 2018
As Ofsted turns up the heat on the sector over curriculum, how should colleges respond?
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Nov 27, 2018
Crisis of leadership and governance in the FE sector?
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Nov 27, 2018
'Why colleges need a new regulator'
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Nov 26, 2018
Troubleshooter replaces Garry Phillips at City College Plymouth
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Nov 26, 2018
Ofsted watch: Private provider rated grade four in first inspection
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Nov 23, 2018
In the news 23 November 2018
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Nov 23, 2018
FE Week asks: Should Ofsted judge college leaders on financial management?
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Nov 23, 2018
Cash-strapped college finally appoints permanent principal
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Nov 23, 2018
Petroc comes top in FE Week ’s college league table for 2018
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Nov 23, 2018
Confusion surrounds Milton’s view on college and private provider collaboration
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Nov 23, 2018
AoC boss accepts Ofsted’s concern over courses with poor job prospects
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Nov 23, 2018
Third ‘requires improvement’ rating in a row for mega college in debt
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Nov 23, 2018
College group gives staff a five per cent pay rise, despite a deficit
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Nov 23, 2018
College staff survey 2018: six things we learned
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Nov 22, 2018
Why the end of free movement matters to colleges
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Nov 22, 2018
Revealed: The ‘scary’ mess left by principal that jumped ship
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Nov 22, 2018
Nearly half of colleges at risk of collapse in the next decade due to cuts
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Nov 22, 2018
Colleges are giving arts and media students 'false hope' of landing glamorous jobs, claims Ofsted chief
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Nov 22, 2018
College students with unrealised potential deserve better
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Nov 21, 2018
Amanda Spielman at the 2018 AoC Annual Conference
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Nov 21, 2018
Further education colleges are giving students 'false hope', Ofsted chief says
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Nov 21, 2018
Colleges exaggerating arts students' career prospects, says Ofsted chief
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Nov 21, 2018
Colleges must do more to help college students reach their potential
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Nov 21, 2018
Ofsted on the college curriculum: AoC responds
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Nov 21, 2018
AoC conference: 7 takeaway points from the chief inspector’s speech
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Nov 21, 2018
Pay dispute ends at London colleges as staff accept "landmark" 5% deal
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Nov 21, 2018
College group boss gives up bonus in ‘landmark’ pay deal
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Nov 21, 2018
Pay dispute ends at London colleges as staff accept “landmark” 5% deal
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Nov 21, 2018
New programme for Chairs of College Governing Bodies announced
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Nov 21, 2018
Tes FE Awards 2019: Shortlist unveiled
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Nov 20, 2018
National Leaders of Governance for further education: national leaders
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Nov 20, 2018
Top college leaders to help strengthen further education sector
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Nov 20, 2018
First wave of strikes in English colleges to begin on 28 November
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Nov 20, 2018
Labour further education reforms: AoC responds
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Nov 20, 2018
Top colleges reach the final of AoC Beacon Awards
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Nov 20, 2018
Labour further education reforms
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Nov 20, 2018
UCU members at six colleges set for two-day walk out
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Nov 20, 2018
Top college leaders to help strengthen FE governance
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Nov 20, 2018
Anne Milton discusses college and training provider collaboration, subcontracting, and the A-team
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Nov 20, 2018
First wave of strikes in English colleges to begin on 28 November
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Nov 20, 2018
Milton tells college leaders to use money ‘wisely’ before asking Treasury for more cash
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Nov 20, 2018
DfE reveals new national leaders of governance
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Nov 20, 2018
FE commissioner annual report: number of colleges put into intervention drops by more than half
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Nov 20, 2018
What does the FE college of the future look like?
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Nov 20, 2018
Well that escalated quickly! Colleges and combating the rise of fake news
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Nov 20, 2018
College students scoop top prizes at AoC Student of the Year Awards
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Nov 19, 2018
AoC and ITN partnership showcases vital role of colleges
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Nov 19, 2018
Troubleshooter takes over at Cornwall College Group
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Nov 19, 2018
Movers and shakers: Edition 261
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Nov 19, 2018
FE continues to be complicit in its own problems
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Nov 18, 2018
Scotland: College lecturers move closer to strike action
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Nov 16, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Difficult week for FE as providers hit with low grades
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Nov 16, 2018
In the news 16 November 2018
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Nov 16, 2018
Protests at the deadline for sixth form colleges’ conversion to academies
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Nov 16, 2018
What is behind the spate of resignations of college leaders?
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Nov 16, 2018
Three quarters of colleges rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted
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Nov 16, 2018
The challenge of governance in FE: Are standalone FE colleges the future?
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Nov 16, 2018
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Nov 15, 2018
Glowing Ofsted report for first national college to be inspected
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Nov 15, 2018
Five troubled colleges handed DfE warnings over ‘inadequate’ finances
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Nov 15, 2018
University takeover of struggling college delayed, again
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Nov 14, 2018
Theresa May's figures in today's PMQs don't add up - sector response to the PM
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Nov 14, 2018
English review ‘focusing’ on technical alternative to degrees
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Nov 14, 2018
FE loan-funded provider with copy and paste assignments slammed by Ofsted
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Nov 14, 2018
Under-fire City College Plymouth principal resigns
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Nov 13, 2018
Dealing with DDoS
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Nov 13, 2018
Under-fire City College Plymouth principal resigns
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Nov 13, 2018
'Let's open our eyes to the invisible students'
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Nov 13, 2018
Eight college leaders quit in eight weeks
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Nov 13, 2018
Principal who jumped ship before financial failings exposed leaves his new college
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Nov 13, 2018
Brexit: Let 7k college staff from EU stay, says AoC
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Nov 12, 2018
Second consecutive ‘inadequate’ Ofsted inspection for previously grade two college
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Nov 12, 2018
Movers and shakers: Edition 260
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Nov 12, 2018
Overwhelming vote of no confidence in City College Plymouth principal
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Nov 9, 2018
In the news 9 November 2018
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Nov 9, 2018
Ofsted watch: A ‘good’ week for sixth form colleges
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Nov 9, 2018
Ofsted watch: A ‘good’ week for sixth form colleges
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Nov 9, 2018
Pay dispute resolved at Lewisham and Southwark colleges
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Nov 9, 2018
‘Overwhelming’ vote of no confidence in principal who jumped ship before financial failings exposed
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Nov 9, 2018
Embattled college boss Dame Asha declines her £130k payout
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Nov 9, 2018
What to do if your college is running into financial problems
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Nov 9, 2018
NCG resolves bitter pay dispute with its London colleges
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Nov 9, 2018
Pay dispute resolved at Lewisham and Southwark colleges
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Nov 9, 2018
College refuses to explain spending millions on mysterious subcontractor
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Nov 9, 2018
ETF Perceptions Survey is now open
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Nov 8, 2018
Hike in pension costs could cost colleges £142 million
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Nov 8, 2018
College bosses' 'unreasonable' demands cause stress
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Nov 8, 2018
DfE: College pension contributions to rise by an extra £142m per year
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Nov 8, 2018
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Nov 7, 2018
No confidence vote in beleaguered principal at City College Plymouth
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Nov 7, 2018
No confidence vote in beleaguered principal at City College Plymouth
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Nov 7, 2018
Next phase of multi-million pound college improvement fund launches
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Nov 6, 2018
College defends appointment of principal who jumped ship before financial failings exposed
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Nov 6, 2018
City College Plymouth principal slammed in government report on former college's finances
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Nov 6, 2018
DfE reopens £15m strategic college improvement fund before finalising first round
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Nov 6, 2018
Next phase of £15 million Strategic College Improvement Fund (SCIF) launched
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Nov 6, 2018
Union questions Plymouth principal appointment
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Nov 6, 2018
UCU raise concerns over appointment of principal who jumped ship before financial failings uncovered
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Nov 6, 2018
Who runs our colleges in the North East and what can be done about it?
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Nov 6, 2018
By ignoring colleges, the Budget ignored the UK skills crisis
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Nov 5, 2018
Scotland: Fresh £5M in funding to help connect Scottish businesses with academia
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Nov 5, 2018
AoC to ramp up pressure following disappointing budget announcement
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Nov 2, 2018
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Nov 2, 2018
In the news 2 November 2018
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Nov 2, 2018
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Nov 2, 2018
FE commissioner called for ‘urgent review’ to hold West Notts College leadership to account
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Nov 2, 2018
Ex-teachers enlisted to help GCSE resit students in colleges
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Nov 2, 2018
Cornwall’s post-16 education is scrutinised in secret review
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Nov 2, 2018
Increase college funding to sustainable levels - all students deserve equality! - Government response
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Nov 2, 2018
TV campaign aims to raise profile of Scottish FE
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Nov 1, 2018
Principal steps down at college group to ‘expedite’ government bailout
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Nov 1, 2018
'Why student satisfaction doesn't matter'
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Oct 30, 2018
The colleges that could face pay strikes
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Oct 30, 2018
'Time is running out for Hinds on college funding'
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Oct 30, 2018
9 in 10 Scottish students satisfied with college experience
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Oct 30, 2018
Sham Oxford college caught selling fake degrees
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Oct 29, 2018
Budget does not address the big challenges ahead: AoC's response to the Autumn Budget
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Oct 29, 2018
Budget 2018: What it means for further education
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Oct 29, 2018
'Colleges are the natural places for investment'
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Oct 29, 2018
College pay strike: ballots to be reissued
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Oct 29, 2018
'A college pay rise? Don't hold your breath'
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Oct 28, 2018
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Oct 26, 2018
'Policy, not colleges, are the real problem in FE'
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Oct 26, 2018
College teacher pay higher in Scotland than England
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Oct 26, 2018
'I'm sick of making redundancies and axeing courses'
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Oct 25, 2018
Chancellor urged to #RaiseTheRate of funding for sixth form students
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Oct 25, 2018
Opportunities and challenges: Exporting UK college expertise overseas
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Oct 24, 2018
FE colleges say – “Let’s do business”
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Oct 23, 2018
Buckinghamshire College Group becomes Society for Education and Training corporate partner
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Oct 22, 2018
Trade union laws frustrate national support for strike action on pay
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Oct 22, 2018
Welsh college staff vote for strike action over pay and workload
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Oct 22, 2018
College funding petition reaches 50,000 signatures
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Oct 22, 2018
‘Colleges are for everyone, no matter what’
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Oct 22, 2018
Four colleges heading for strike action
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Oct 22, 2018
'We must remain optimistic about colleges'
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Oct 22, 2018
Tes FE podcast: The growth in specialist colleges
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Oct 22, 2018
'Colleges: Grab the lightning and make a change'
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Oct 21, 2018
To invest in colleges is to invest in the next generation
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Oct 19, 2018
Ofsted watch: Good week for colleges but private providers heavily criticised
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Oct 19, 2018
'Colleges are the key that can unlock opportunities'
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Oct 19, 2018
'Colleges are the key that can unlock opportunities'
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Oct 19, 2018
Philip Augar, listen up!: How FE colleges deliver dynamism and entrepreneurship in degrees
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Oct 19, 2018
In the news: 19 October
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Oct 19, 2018
Boss of another struggling college steps down with immediate effect
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Oct 18, 2018
More must be done to guarantee the future of Britain's colleges
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Oct 18, 2018
'Staff and students must unite for better funding'
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Oct 18, 2018
Increased funding pressure for FE organisations – but how much more can they take? #LoveOurColleges
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Oct 18, 2018
Campus sale near Grenfell tower ‘shameful’ says new college principal following investigation
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Oct 17, 2018
London protests and lobby of MPs in fight for college funding
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Oct 17, 2018
Corbyn condemns government's 'disgraceful' treatment of college staff
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Oct 17, 2018
We have a (not so) hidden crisis in our education sector
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Oct 17, 2018
Small businesses fear the UK will get ‘left behind’ if the government doesn’t address skills #LoveOurColleges
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Oct 17, 2018
SMEs favour colleges to deliver post-Brexit skills
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Oct 17, 2018
SMEs fears for future skilled workforce - colleges best placed to support them
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Oct 17, 2018
College funding cuts will deepen skills shortfall, warn businesses ahead of Westminster march
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Oct 17, 2018
The students who fear for their ambitions amid college cuts
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Oct 17, 2018
Jeremy Corbyn to address #LoveOurColleges rally
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Oct 16, 2018
‘Invest in college IT to boost the economy’
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Oct 16, 2018
Revealed: The 12 colleges to receive targeted careers training
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Oct 16, 2018
Principal closes college for staff and students to march on Westminster
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Oct 16, 2018
Colleges Week 2018: Darren Hankey on the value of dual professionalism in FE
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Oct 15, 2018
David Hughes: Why the #LoveOurColleges campaign matters
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Oct 15, 2018
Another boss of huge college group in financial trouble resigns with immediate effect
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Oct 15, 2018
Love our colleges, love our college HE
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Oct 15, 2018
Why I ‘Love our colleges’ and always will - Anne Milton
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Oct 15, 2018
College HE is on par
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Oct 14, 2018
Andrew Otty: Colleges inspire me every day
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Oct 13, 2018
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Oct 12, 2018
In the news 12 October 2018
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Oct 12, 2018
FE: Developing middle leaders (podcast)
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Oct 12, 2018
Colleges Week should be a celebration with three messages for the chancellor
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Oct 12, 2018
Thousands sign petition to boost college funding
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Oct 12, 2018
NE college principals to march on Parliament to demand fairer funding
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Oct 12, 2018
Revealed: 37 colleges and providers chosen for first wave of Taking Teaching Further funding
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Oct 12, 2018
Colleges receive £5m to train T-level teachers
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Oct 12, 2018
We are supporting the #LoveOurColleges campaign
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Oct 11, 2018
Entrepreneurial failures land college in 'crisis'
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Oct 11, 2018
Parliamentary petition launched calling for sustainable college funding
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Oct 10, 2018
UCU follows Scottish government in paying for sanitary products for learners
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Oct 10, 2018
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Oct 9, 2018
College accounts direction
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Oct 9, 2018
Colleges have a grander ambition for their students
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Oct 9, 2018
'Further education is fighting for its life'
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Oct 9, 2018
Sixth form college students 'getting short straw'
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Oct 8, 2018
SFCA to launch campaign calling for huge 16 to 18 funding rate increase
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Oct 8, 2018
'We need a grand vision for colleges'
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Oct 8, 2018
Pitting universities against colleges won’t deliver skilled workforce
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Oct 8, 2018
FE and HE alliances ‘help students with choices’
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Oct 8, 2018
Pitting universities against colleges won't deliver skilled workforce
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Oct 8, 2018
Specialist college set up to train engineers for controversial HS2 railway recruited just 96 students
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Oct 6, 2018
Committee question further education sector on funding priorities
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Oct 5, 2018
1 in 4 colleges has no lockdown system
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Oct 5, 2018
HS2 engineering academy struggles for students
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Oct 4, 2018
New Carer’s Allowance posters for colleges
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Oct 4, 2018
College offers no pay rise for 10 years
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Oct 3, 2018
Disadvantage Fund stretched further by new English and mathematics GCSE re-sit requirements
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Oct 3, 2018
Colleges respond cautiously to the Secretary of State for Education’s funding announcements at Conservative Party Conference
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Oct 2, 2018
Funding allocations to training providers: 2018 to 2019
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Oct 2, 2018
Independent special schools and colleges
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Oct 1, 2018
Failing colleges that merge 'can expect' Ofsted monitoring visit
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Oct 1, 2018
In the news: 28 September 2018
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Sep 28, 2018
AoC's Autumn Budget submission
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Sep 28, 2018
What Labour plans for further education could mean for colleges
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Sep 28, 2018
Strikes on at Lewisham Southwark College as last-minute talks fail to resolve pay dispute
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Sep 26, 2018
New partnership to raise aspirations of students in Calderdale
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Sep 26, 2018
Lewisham Southwark College to become two separate colleges
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Sep 24, 2018
In the news: 21 September
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Sep 21, 2018
College teacher pay decision is clumsy and divisive
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Sep 21, 2018
Strike ballots over pay to open in Welsh colleges
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Sep 21, 2018
Strategies for colleges to engage with employers
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Sep 21, 2018
DfE given just 48 hours to rescue high-profile college from cash crisis
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Sep 20, 2018
We urgently need a long-term funding strategy for FE
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Sep 19, 2018
No pay rise for teachers in sixth-form colleges
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Sep 19, 2018
Colleges Week 2018: Everything you need to know
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Sep 18, 2018
FE manifesto: 4 ways to fix college funding
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Sep 18, 2018
Severe squeeze on further education and sixth-form funding in England
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Sep 17, 2018
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Sep 17, 2018
West Notts College handed DfE warning after requesting £2.1m in exceptional financial support
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Sep 17, 2018
IFS: FE the 'big loser' in education funding
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Sep 17, 2018
Severe squeeze on further education and sixth-form funding in England - sector response
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Sep 17, 2018
Further education college finances face double whammy
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Sep 17, 2018
Association of Colleges response to IFS report on education funding cuts
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Sep 17, 2018
ASCL comment on IFS education funding report
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Sep 17, 2018
Severe squeeze on further education and sixth-form funding in England
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Sep 17, 2018
College makes star of learner with dwarfism - but for all the wrong reasons
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Sep 15, 2018
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Sep 14, 2018
AoC Governor Council launches member consultation on the proposed Colleges Senior Staff Remuneration Code
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Sep 14, 2018
FE Choices learner satisfaction survey 2016 to 2017
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Sep 13, 2018
Colleges hit out at 'woeful' international student report
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Sep 12, 2018
College performance improves, Ofsted reveals
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Sep 12, 2018
Be guided by what’s dependably, fundamentally certain: Einstein and the CEO
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Sep 12, 2018
Pensions hike could cost colleges £100m
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Sep 11, 2018
'Colleges need a national brand'
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Sep 10, 2018
SFCA: Pensions rise could cause 'crisis' for colleges
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Sep 10, 2018
Tom Starkey considers the huge amount of information teachers in colleges have to deal with
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Sep 9, 2018
In the news: 7 September 2018
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Sep 7, 2018
'Should colleges be more like schools?'
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Sep 7, 2018
UCU welcomes move from NCG to tackle insecure contracts
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Sep 6, 2018
Michael Wilshaw: FE sixth forms outperform schools
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Sep 6, 2018
Students back college teachers over pay
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Sep 5, 2018
Scotland: Colleges 'are intrinsic to economic growth'
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Sep 4, 2018
College and Co-op lead way with paid day release on two year course - but it’s not an apprenticeship
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Sep 4, 2018
Training the leaders of tomorrow: Developing partnerships between colleges and financial services
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Sep 4, 2018
Advice from a principal: 'Check how college staff are really feeling'
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Sep 4, 2018
Creating a new post-18 education system that works for everybody
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Sep 3, 2018
'Colleges could do so much more - given the money'
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Sep 3, 2018
Sixth form becomes first in the UK to offer students paid work while they study
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Sep 3, 2018
Colleges in uproar as CITB tries to protect management fees with ‘reverse subcontracting’ deal
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Aug 31, 2018
'Telling staff the cupboard is bare will not work'
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Aug 31, 2018
College leaders ‘want to boost staff pay’
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Aug 31, 2018
Funding the biggest worry for college leaders
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Aug 31, 2018
Education secretary visit buoys ELT sector
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Aug 30, 2018
All SET for teaching success! Why Ellie swapped engineering for the FE classroom
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Aug 30, 2018
‘I wouldn’t accept college place even if I was offered it’, says dwarf learner at centre of rejection row
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Aug 30, 2018
AoC funding plea rejected by letter ending with minister scribbling a promise to continue ‘lobbying’
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Aug 29, 2018
DfE in search of college insolvency consultants with plans to pay them up to £500,000 per month
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Aug 29, 2018
College 'failed to follow sub-contracting rules'
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Aug 29, 2018
ESFA investigation found college taking 25% subcontracting topslice did not know where course for 16-19s took place for first 6 months
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Aug 29, 2018
Gordon Ramsay wades into row over learner with dwarfism claiming college rejection
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Aug 28, 2018
Gordon Ramsay 'offers apprenticeship' to college 'snub' teen
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Aug 28, 2018
Failure to invest in colleges is a failure to invest in the country, AoC warns
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Aug 28, 2018
Education Secretary's visit to promote English as global export
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Aug 28, 2018
'Government missed an opportunity on FE pay'
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Aug 28, 2018
Collab Group and Leadership Through Sport & Business announce education partnership
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Aug 28, 2018
Scotland: Enough humility – FE colleges must grab what’s rightfully theirs
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Aug 24, 2018
Skills in London: Bridging the gap between business and colleges
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London
Aug 24, 2018
College students celebrate GCSE success 2018
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Aug 23, 2018
Announcing David Laws as panel discussion chair
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David Laws
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Aug 22, 2018
Another college set for university merger
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Aug 20, 2018
ESFA Update: 15 August 2018
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Aug 15, 2018
New geospatial mapping and download service available for free to UK FE colleges
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Aug 15, 2018
Mark Dawe: FE needs to be the leader, not the the supportive team-player
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Aug 14, 2018
'Better partnerships will boost productivity'
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Aug 13, 2018
'Trust and flexibility are the key to teaching'
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Colleges
Aug 12, 2018
College funding: early intervention and prevention
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Aug 10, 2018
Cardiff and Vale College confirm plans for new multi-million pound campus
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Aug 10, 2018
A college education
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Colleges
Aug 9, 2018
Inferior university pension plans must not become the norm, says UNISON
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Aug 8, 2018
'Why won't Hinds give colleges more credit?'
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Aug 8, 2018
West Midlands Mayor to speak at AoC Annual Conference
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Aug 8, 2018
Meet FE's new yacht-owning, Bentley-driving star
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Aug 7, 2018
Colleges under-estimate risk of cyber attacks
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Aug 7, 2018
Why employees in further education need a ‘mental health day’
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Aug 6, 2018
Improving the offer for colleges in the East of England
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Aug 3, 2018
'Get a move on' or lose over £200m, colleges told
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Aug 3, 2018
Ofsted criticised for allowing college mergers to be excuse for turning a blind eye to failure
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Aug 3, 2018
'Turismologists’ brighten college campus
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Aug 2, 2018
DfE ploughs ahead with plans for college campus performance reporting
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Aug 1, 2018
2017/18 in review: FE Week’s cartoons
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Jul 30, 2018
'Colleges and their staff must unite for funding'
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Jul 30, 2018
AoC update on college pay
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Jul 27, 2018
Ofsted watch: ‘Unsafe’ college makes rapid safety improvements
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Jul 27, 2018
College leaders 'don't reflect student diversity'
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Jul 27, 2018
Apprenticeships: are colleges keeping up?
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Jul 26, 2018
Sixth Form leader calls for 16-18 providers to bring careers expertise to schools
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Jul 25, 2018
College mental health teams could help schools
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Jul 25, 2018
Colleges vital to closing attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their peers
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Jul 25, 2018
Colleges supported with £860,000 to engage inactive students in sport
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Jul 24, 2018
FE survival, financial viability, insolvency and the role of governors
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Jul 23, 2018
Colleges should feed minds, not stomachs
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Jul 21, 2018
Colleges run food banks to tackle student poverty
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Jul 20, 2018
FE Choices learner satisfaction survey 2017 to 2018
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Jul 19, 2018
Colleges and UTCs get £60m in ESFA bailouts
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Jul 19, 2018
Student satisfaction still highest with private providers – but colleges slightly close the gap
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Jul 19, 2018
Principals' pay must be 'moderate', minister warns
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Jul 17, 2018
Scotland: Fabulous baking boys show their skill
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Jul 17, 2018
Autumn strike warnings as UCU says further education staff need decent pay offer
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Jul 16, 2018
Colleges could face autumn strikes over pay
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Jul 16, 2018
Celebrating success where it matters
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Jul 16, 2018
Let FE colleges deliver nursing apprenticeships!
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Jul 15, 2018
Pay claim negotiation response
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Jul 13, 2018
College pay rise 'inconceivable' without extra cash
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Jul 13, 2018
UCU writes to government calling for funding to support pay deal
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Jul 12, 2018
Supporting LGBT+ initiatives
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Jul 12, 2018
Schoolboy, 15, sent home 'for wearing bra as part of protest at teacher's treatment of girl'
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Jul 12, 2018
Names of over 60 colleges involved in new careers hubs revealed
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Jul 11, 2018
Names of over 60 colleges involved in new careers hubs revealed
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Jul 11, 2018
Reputation is key to our sector’s future
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Jul 10, 2018
Colleges urged to set ambitious targets for access to HE
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Jul 10, 2018
Cardiff and Vale College joins forces with Santander to deliver Welsh language programme for its staff
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Jul 9, 2018
The cost of reaching out to the community
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Jul 7, 2018
Bad week for providers – especially UTCs
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Jul 6, 2018
Training provider chiefs' fat cat pay revealed
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Jul 6, 2018
New access arrangement guidance to help ease pressure on colleges
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Jul 4, 2018
Teaching apprenticeship delay costing colleges
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Jul 2, 2018
UTC@Harbourside is the ninth UTC to close
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Jul 2, 2018
'Ofsted needs a new approach to college groups'
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Jun 29, 2018
In the news: Friday 29 June 2018
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Jun 29, 2018
Ofsted should renege on its merger deal
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Jun 29, 2018
Ofsted: Bigger colleges aren’t always better
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Jun 29, 2018
Multi-million pound fund launched to help colleges improve
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Jun 28, 2018
College principal attacks staff troublemakers in Lanarkshire
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Jun 28, 2018
College chief walks 48 miles across three counties in 14 hours for NSPCC
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Jun 27, 2018
Framework launches to improve scholarship work in College HE
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Jun 26, 2018
'We need to show what more investment will achieve'
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Jun 25, 2018
FE college staff consider quitting as workloads and stress levels rise
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Jun 25, 2018
Opening up worlds: the power of extreme personalisation
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Jun 21, 2018
NCG rated 'requires improvement' by Ofsted
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Jun 21, 2018
Grade three Ofsted ratings confirmed for NCG and Intraining
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Jun 21, 2018
Need to know: what's the state of college finances?
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Jun 21, 2018
Pay hike ‘absorbs’ £50m college merger savings
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Jun 21, 2018
Digital and science engineering to be taught at new college
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Jun 18, 2018
Insolvency regime publication: Introduction comes at historic low point in college funding
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Jun 15, 2018
Strikes off as agreement reached over job cuts at Hull College Group
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Jun 15, 2018
In the news: 15 June
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Jun 15, 2018
Atkins: Struggling colleges will still need stopgap funds
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Jun 15, 2018
'The DfE's post-16 maths agenda doesn't add up'
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Jun 15, 2018
£150m post-16 maths plan 'is a sticking plaster'
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Jun 15, 2018
Subcontracted provision – compliance vs quality
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Jun 14, 2018
Merger partner found for FE college incorporated just four years ago
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Jun 13, 2018
Mental Health: If the government is serious, they need to stop ignoring the 2.2 million people currently in colleges.
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Jun 13, 2018
Mental health and wellbeing in further education - strengthening links between education and health
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Jun 13, 2018
London's largest college group has a new Chief Executive
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Jun 12, 2018
Funding for 16-18 students to drop to 30-year low
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Jun 12, 2018
Colleges and providers improve Ofsted performance
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Jun 12, 2018
Fantastic FE sector honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honour’s list
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Jun 11, 2018
Why technology should be a priority for every college leadership team
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Jun 11, 2018
T-levels are not the boldest reform of the last 70 years
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Jun 10, 2018
'When communities suffer, so do colleges'
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Jun 9, 2018
Targeted support for colleges
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Jun 8, 2018
In the news: 8 June 2018
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Jun 8, 2018
Mental health issues on the rise in colleges
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Jun 8, 2018
Colleges recognised for outstanding higher education provision
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Jun 7, 2018
Highbury College tumbles two grades from ‘outstanding’
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Jun 7, 2018
Colleges 'should lead the way on new policies'
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Jun 7, 2018
North East colleges are doing well, but ...
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Jun 7, 2018
Opportunities for a skilled London
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Jun 6, 2018
Brexit funding gap could hit Welsh colleges
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Jun 6, 2018
New research finds resilient and reliable IT infrastructure remains key to the future of Edtech in FE colleges
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Jun 5, 2018
Colleges Northern Ireland to close
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Jun 5, 2018
Strikes end at London's biggest college group
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Jun 5, 2018
London’s largest college group ends UCU strike
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Jun 5, 2018
Keeping the plates spinning over the Whitson holiday
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Jun 5, 2018
'Are colleges important to the government or not?'
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Jun 4, 2018
'Being LGBT in college is getting better'
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Jun 1, 2018
Colleges face £174m exams bill
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Jun 1, 2018
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May 31, 2018
Education and training in the catering industry
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May 30, 2018
Applications for maths centres of excellence open now
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May 30, 2018
Union welcomes Association of Colleges' U-turn on pay talks
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May 29, 2018
Long read: Applied Generals in a battle to survive
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May 29, 2018
'Hinds' political future depends on T levels'
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May 29, 2018
College pay talks start after deadlock broken
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May 29, 2018
Don’t expect T-Levels to bring ‘parity of esteem’ overnight
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May 28, 2018
How to keep your college cybersafe
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May 28, 2018
Institutes of Technology competition: AoC responds
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May 27, 2018
Tories overrule the Schools Department who warns new college student courses won't be ready on time
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May 27, 2018
T levels: Rollout of some courses will be delayed
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May 27, 2018
Hinds: 'This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'
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May 27, 2018
T-Level New exam to be taught at 52 colleges as part of biggest technical education shake-up in 70 years
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May 27, 2018
First colleges to teach new vocational T-levels to be named
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May 27, 2018
Government response to the T Level Consultation
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May 27, 2018
Milton Keynes College wants to turn Bletchley into an Institute of Digital Technology
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May 27, 2018
Parents told T-levels may not help get a job
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May 27, 2018
Biggest schools revolution in seventy years- Technical exam worth 3 A-levels
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May 27, 2018
New T Levels mark a revolution in technical education - Sector Response
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May 27, 2018
'In a world of opportunity, why limit young people’s scope?'
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May 26, 2018
In the news: 25 May
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May 25, 2018
London colleges hit with strikes – but exams go on
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May 25, 2018
Tes FE podcast: College funding and Applied Generals
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May 23, 2018
Strike at Bradford College suspended
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May 22, 2018
Strike called off at Bradford College after voluntary redundancy concession
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May 22, 2018
Greenwich University fined £120,000 for data breach
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May 21, 2018
'Exam season feels brutal, almost punitive'
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May 21, 2018
'We need to decide what colleges are for'
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May 20, 2018
Lecturers reject new offer of pay increase in Scotland
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May 19, 2018
Portsmouth College Principal announced as AoC President-elect
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May 18, 2018
Ofsted watch: Encouraging week for FE and skills
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May 18, 2018
Finances 'inadequate' at one in eight colleges
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May 18, 2018
UCU and Sandwell College agree sector-leading pay deal
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May 17, 2018
Extra £500 per student on offer in maths pilot
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May 17, 2018
MP joining 2 day Hull College strike starting tomorrow
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May 16, 2018
'The days of the charismatic principal have gone'
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May 16, 2018
Ofsted: 'FE sector not in best financial health'
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May 16, 2018
ESFA update: May 2018
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May 16, 2018
Two-day walkout at Hull College Group over job cuts
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May 16, 2018
Staff to walk out over pay at Epping Forest College
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May 16, 2018
£6M Boost for maths education in the North for national numeracy day
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May 16, 2018
Row as gay and lesbian college staff ‘get preferential treatment
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May 16, 2018
ESFA: current notices of concern
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May 15, 2018
Colleges and higher education institutions notices to improve
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May 15, 2018
Three colleges warned over finances
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May 15, 2018
Struggling Epping Forest College racks up another financial notice
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May 15, 2018
College launches campaign to tackle GCSE stress
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May 14, 2018
'Mental health is not somebody else's problem'
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May 14, 2018
Sandwell College strikes called off as pay talks progress
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May 14, 2018
Ofsted seeking views on residential colleges
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May 14, 2018
It’s up to colleges and providers to sell apprenticeships to parents
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May 14, 2018
Unions brand employers' refusal to consider pay claim an 'unnecessary provocation'
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May 11, 2018
In the news: 11 May
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May 11, 2018
Watford UTC hit with financial notice to improve
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May 11, 2018
The power of technical education
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May 11, 2018
Union fury as college boss gets 31% pay rise
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May 11, 2018
Colleges hit by cyber attacks 12 times a week
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May 11, 2018
FE sector 'underinvesting in cyber security'
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May 11, 2018
'Risk of a rise in students but no extra funding'
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May 10, 2018
GDPR model documents for colleges
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May 10, 2018
Founding new Oxbridge colleges 'could help disadvantaged sixth-formers'
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May 10, 2018
Oxford and Cambridge universities should set up new colleges to boost number of disadvantaged students, report suggests
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May 10, 2018
Oxbridge urged to expand by creating new colleges for the poorest students
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May 10, 2018
Pay strikes to hit ten colleges in May and June
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May 9, 2018
Maths for Life Trials – do you want to take part?
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May 9, 2018
10 colleges to be hit by strike action
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May 9, 2018
‘Finance directors should keep principals grounded, says deputy FE commissioner
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May 9, 2018
Staff at colleges striking for up to 7 days in exam season
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May 9, 2018
Striking staff to offer Marxism and manicure classes on picket line
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May 8, 2018
Staff at Hull College Group to walk out over job cuts
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May 8, 2018
College offers free maths lessons to nurses
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May 8, 2018
The £7.99 FE financial viability plan
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May 8, 2018
'Those with influence over FE know too little about it'
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May 7, 2018
City of Glasgow College accused of £2.1m charity "raid" to fund staff pay offs
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May 6, 2018
'The customer - in our case, the student - knows best'
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May 6, 2018
Studio schools to cut ties with FE colleges
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May 5, 2018
Strikes dates announced at Lewisham Southwark College
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May 4, 2018
In the news: 4 May 2018
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May 4, 2018
#emilytest drive secures anti-violence legacy in Scottish FE
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May 4, 2018
Two strike dates announced by UCU members at college
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May 4, 2018
Ofsted watch: Ambulance trust fares well in early monitoring visit
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May 4, 2018
College with huge bailout debt pays principal over £265k
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May 4, 2018
Stephenson College challenged over £100,000 tactical subcontracting
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May 4, 2018
ESFA misses chance to get tough on wasteful subcontracting
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May 4, 2018
Staff overwhelmingly back strike action at Bradford College
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May 3, 2018
UCU members vote for strike action at college facing job cuts
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May 3, 2018
Colleges facing £31m loss of funding due to Brexit
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May 3, 2018
‘Unsafe’ Moulton College appoints safe pair of hands as interim principal
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May 3, 2018
London mega-merger to create England’s third biggest college group
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May 2, 2018
Building set to start on £58m Nottingham College City Hub
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May 2, 2018
'Prepare your students for interviews with robots'
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May 2, 2018
The Stem Centre that boosts cross-college collaboration
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May 2, 2018
ESFA update: May 2018
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May 2, 2018
London UCU members vote to strike against NCG paymasters
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May 1, 2018
Time for a radical rethink about the role of colleges and their funding
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May 1, 2018
College ran into financial issues after 'poor planning'
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Apr 30, 2018
Join our secondary council
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Apr 30, 2018
ESFA: financial planning handbook and financial plan
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Apr 30, 2018
Four in 10 manufacturers say FE providers not delivering
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Apr 30, 2018
AELP welcomes Mayor’s engagement with providers on improving Londoners’ skills as AELP London is launched
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Apr 30, 2018
USA: Opinion today - America’s skills gap
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Apr 30, 2018
More than 1,000 learners that failed courses last year will now be told they passed, after government U-turn
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Apr 28, 2018
More than 1,000 16 to 18-year-olds that failed courses last year now told they passed
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Apr 28, 2018
'FE reform shouldn’t knock opportunity'
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Apr 28, 2018
How WorldSkills is just like the Olympics
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Apr 28, 2018
College that needed huge bailouts set to merge
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Apr 27, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Royal Navy apprenticeships are ‘outstanding’
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Apr 27, 2018
Special investigation: Why are colleges turning their backs on traineeships?
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Apr 27, 2018
ETF report on TNA: AoC responds
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Apr 27, 2018
Colleges students need more information about drugs to keep them safe
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Apr 26, 2018
Number of colleges paying leaders over £200k rises
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Apr 26, 2018
Let's tackle the causes, not the symptoms
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Apr 26, 2018
College accounts reveal bumper pay rises for principals in 2016/17
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Apr 26, 2018
ESFA financial management: college accounts
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Apr 26, 2018
16 to 19 education: financial management and assurance
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Apr 26, 2018
Financial benchmarking tool for colleges
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Apr 26, 2018
UCU blasts 10% pay rises for ‘greedy’ college principals
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Apr 26, 2018
Funding allocations to training providers: 2017 to 2018
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Apr 25, 2018
ESFA update: April 2018
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Apr 25, 2018
What will the technical and professional education provider of the future need to be successful
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Apr 25, 2018
'I've always been a sort of maverick principal'
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Apr 25, 2018
EPI report on teacher labour market: AoC responds
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Apr 25, 2018
Independent special schools and colleges
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Apr 24, 2018
Strike dates announced at Hull College Group in jobs row
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Apr 24, 2018
Hull College Group backs embattled chief executive in bitter redundancy row
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Apr 24, 2018
Should a college principal have multiple jobs?
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Apr 24, 2018
'College sport is about more than competition'
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Apr 23, 2018
Principal departs from cash-strapped Barnfield College
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Apr 23, 2018
Sports students teach 4,000 Cheshire schoolkids how to play rugby
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Apr 23, 2018
Post 18 - an opportunity not to be derailed
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Apr 23, 2018
Movers and Shakers: Edition 241
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Apr 23, 2018
Time to close the loophole that harms Catholic SFCs
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Apr 22, 2018
In the news: 20 April 2017
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Apr 20, 2018
Colleges should register students to vote, says Lords committee
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Apr 20, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Tough week for providers inspected for first time
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Apr 20, 2018
'FE must be trusted to develop organically'
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Apr 20, 2018
Staff call for resignation of Hull College Group chief executive
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Apr 19, 2018
Gateshead College named best-performing college in the region
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Apr 19, 2018
'FE colleges aren't Cinderella - we're Mrs Brown's boys'
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Apr 19, 2018
'Colleges need to cement their role in serving local communities'
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Apr 19, 2018
Colleges: financial intervention and exceptional financial support
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Apr 19, 2018
Hull College staff want their principal sacked after ice-cream ‘bribe’
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Apr 19, 2018
Sixth-form colleges given access to government bailout fund
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Apr 19, 2018
MPs’ inquiry will look into long-term planning for FE
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Apr 19, 2018
Find out what’s new about the National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 – now open for entries
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Apr 18, 2018
ESFA update: April 2018
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Apr 18, 2018
Hull College Group staff vote to strike over job cuts
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Apr 18, 2018
Colleges need to spell out how they make money, says senior ESFA official
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Apr 18, 2018
Hull College Group UCU members overwhelmingly back strike action over job cuts
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Apr 18, 2018
Hull College staff 'overwhelmingly' vote to strike over 200 job cuts
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Apr 18, 2018
New ways to win at the 15th National Apprenticeship Awards
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Apr 18, 2018
‘Rising Star’ among new award categories as National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 open for entries
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Apr 18, 2018
Colleges asking for help before they run into trouble, says deputy FE commissioner
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Apr 17, 2018
Apprenticeship scheme should be scrapped and replaced with a ‘lifelong learning levy’, says former schools minister
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Apr 17, 2018
Colleges woo students with promise they won't have to take unpopular Welsh Bacc
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Apr 17, 2018
Further education’s top ten social media superstars revealed
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Apr 16, 2018
Actor and writer Sally Phillips to speak at FestABLE
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Apr 16, 2018
Scots colleges face £360m repair bill to lift campus standards
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Apr 14, 2018
Scottish colleges need £360m for maintenance
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Apr 14, 2018
Apprenticeship levy report: AoC responds
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Apr 13, 2018
ETF report shows quality of initial teacher training for FE profession is high
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Apr 13, 2018
Numbers of trainee FE teachers with SEND specialism rockets
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Apr 13, 2018
Ofsted saves £400k with longer grade 2 inspection gap
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Apr 13, 2018
Ofsted watch: RNN Group criticised for poor oversight of subcontractors
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Apr 13, 2018
Topslice criticism for college given extra £1.6m adult education funding
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Apr 13, 2018
£73m adult education budget left unspent by 441 providers
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Apr 13, 2018
Principal’s £300k salary at £30m college causes furious reaction
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Apr 13, 2018
Ministerial interference is derailing success of FE sector
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Apr 13, 2018
Staff at two West Yorkshire colleges balloted on strike action
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Apr 12, 2018
Strike ballots at two West Yorkshire colleges over job cuts
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Apr 12, 2018
NUS: Corbyn's bus pass pledge removes barrier for FE students
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Apr 12, 2018
Unite: 90 per cent of construction learners on 'dead end' courses
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Apr 12, 2018
Rules around subcontracting under review
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Apr 11, 2018
Revealed: The colleges and local authorities allowed to keep £5m for courses that did not take place
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Apr 11, 2018
Barnfield College placed in administered status following ‘serious decline’ in financial health
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Apr 11, 2018
College placed in 'administered status' owing to poor finances
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Apr 11, 2018
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Apr 11, 2018
Two-thirds of FE students 'very' or 'extremely' stressed about exams
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Apr 11, 2018
IfA to expand its panel of apprentices
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Apr 11, 2018
Moulton College principal resigns after Ofsted warns students are at risk
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Apr 10, 2018
Principal resigns after Ofsted brands Moulton College ‘unsafe’
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Apr 10, 2018
Performance reporting: FE college groups and multi-site colleges
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Apr 10, 2018
Key questions every college leader and governor should ask
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Apr 10, 2018
Individual college campuses could be included in performance reporting
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Apr 10, 2018
DfE launches consultation ahead of college campus performance reporting
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Apr 10, 2018
16 to 19 Bursary Fund audit guide for local authorities: 2018 to 2019 academic year
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Apr 9, 2018
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Apr 9, 2018
Half of £300m post-area review restructuring funds spent
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Apr 9, 2018
Government to ban knives in FE colleges
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Apr 9, 2018
Anne Milton: The restructuring facility won’t be used to prop up colleges
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Apr 9, 2018
John Lewis warns gaps in apprenticeship standards limit what it can offer
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Apr 9, 2018
College restructuring support update: £300m for 19 ‘significant’ applications approved
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Apr 9, 2018
CBI demands an end to 'government diktat' over apprenticeships
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Apr 9, 2018
Childcare places to be increased at Scottish universities and colleges
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Apr 9, 2018
Apprenticeship levy not fit for purpose, says CBI's Neil Carberry
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Apr 8, 2018
5 lessons on college transformation
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Apr 7, 2018
Apprenticeship Levy – Energy and Utilities Report Success One Year On
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Apr 6, 2018
Ofsted watch: Private providers shine while colleges falter
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Apr 6, 2018
A proven model for a new vocational system and pedagogy
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Apr 6, 2018
Revealed: Ofsted’s second report into ‘new’ apprenticeship providers
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Apr 6, 2018
Apprenticeships should start at 16 and last three years, says new report
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Apr 6, 2018
FE's reputation crucial to sector success
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Apr 6, 2018
Minister sets out success measures for FE Commissioner
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Richard Atkins
Apr 5, 2018
Merger of Stockport College and Trafford College
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Apr 5, 2018
Scottish colleges urged to strive for equality
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Apr 5, 2018
More colleges complete mergers
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Apr 5, 2018
Three-time ‘inadequate’ college merger completes
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Apr 5, 2018
Excellence in colleges and universities to be rewarded at The Herald Higher Education Awards
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Apr 5, 2018
Government's post-18 education review should include 16-18 provision
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Apr 4, 2018
Troubled Essex college set for merger rescue
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Apr 4, 2018
Ofsted to move to inspecting good FE providers every five years
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Apr 4, 2018
Labour asking for views on its National Education Service
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Apr 3, 2018
Ofqual to probe into malpractice among providers
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Apr 3, 2018
AoC to launch Brexit blueprint
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Apr 3, 2018
College branded ‘unsafe’ in damning Ofsted report
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Apr 3, 2018
Ofsted raise health and safety concerns at 'inadequate' college
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Apr 3, 2018
'Let's be proud and loud about the power of FE'
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Apr 2, 2018
Impartiality is like parity of esteem, an unhelpful mirage
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Apr 1, 2018
A truly informed choice has to consider all that is on offer
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Mar 30, 2018
14 colleges receive cash from the strategic improvement fund
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Mar 29, 2018
Rule change for colleges seeking degree awarding powers
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Mar 29, 2018
Apprenticeship reforms starting to work, claims DfE
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Mar 29, 2018
Adult-learning fund announced
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Mar 29, 2018
Guidance for applicants to the pilot of the Strategic College Improvement Fund
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Mar 29, 2018
Full-time enrolment of 14- to 16-year-olds in further education and sixth-form colleges
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Mar 29, 2018
Programme for College Expo launched
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Mar 28, 2018
Further education residential accommodation: national minimum standards
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Mar 28, 2018
What are the key drivers for colleges to think and act more like a commercial business?
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Mar 28, 2018
New college student housing rules published
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Mar 28, 2018
Guildford College to join Activate Learning
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Mar 28, 2018
Guildford College Group plans merger with Activate Learning
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Mar 28, 2018
Scotland: 1,500 college staff lack teacher training
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Mar 28, 2018
Strikes at seven colleges today in row over pay and conditions
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Mar 27, 2018
1,500 college staff in Scotland have no teaching qualifications
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Mar 27, 2018
Chair of Office for Students challenged over lack of FE board members
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Mar 27, 2018
Lecturers go on strike at seven college sites
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Mar 27, 2018
Second wave of college strikes over pay begins today
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Mar 27, 2018
Ofsted: First monitoring visit for subcontracted provision
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Mar 26, 2018
Students 'reject FE because of the sector's image'
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Mar 26, 2018
First Ofsted subcontracting visit report criticises Wigan and Leigh College
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Mar 26, 2018
What exactly is the role of Further Education?
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Mar 26, 2018
Foxes Academy: the UK's only training hotel for young adults with learning disabilities
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Mar 25, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Encouraging week for adult and community learning providers
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Mar 23, 2018
Financial warning notice for UTC found to owe government £500k
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Mar 23, 2018
Ofsted appears to back colleges in Progress 8 battle
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Mar 23, 2018
Colleges, training providers, adult education services – we need a diverse provider market
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Mar 23, 2018
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Mar 22, 2018
Cadbury Sixth Form College 'at immediate risk'
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Mar 22, 2018
Community-based Esol lessons promote social integration, government says
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Mar 22, 2018
Strike ballot at Hull College Group over job losses
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Mar 21, 2018
Twelve providers now have chartered status
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Mar 21, 2018
Chartered Institute for Further Education accepts 12th member
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Mar 21, 2018
Call for evidence as part of post-18 education review
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Mar 21, 2018
Hull College lecturers to vote over strike action
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Mar 21, 2018
Consultation launches on post-18 education and funding review
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Mar 21, 2018
More than a third of HE undergraduates study in colleges
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Mar 20, 2018
New subject ratings could confuse students, warn college leaders
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Mar 20, 2018
When is a recovery plan not a financial recovery plan?
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Mar 20, 2018
Review of FE funding announced by minister
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Mar 19, 2018
London college set to merge with university
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Mar 19, 2018
Lambeth College and LSBU merger is back on
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Mar 19, 2018
Colleges cause confusion by stating need for GCSEs
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Mar 19, 2018
Ireland: Watchdog concerned over Garda College management
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Mar 19, 2018
The future is bright for young people, says Peter Lauener
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Mar 18, 2018
College graduates almost as likely as university peers to be employed five years on
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Mar 16, 2018
In the news: 16 March 2018
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Mar 16, 2018
AoC Chair to leave at the end of her term
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Mar 16, 2018
All Change - challenge or opportunity?
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Mar 16, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Five providers improve to grade ‘good’
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Mar 16, 2018
Subcontracting changes blamed for West Notts College job cuts
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Mar 16, 2018
College students could “solve” teacher shortage crisis
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Mar 16, 2018
20% subcontracting cap guidance already in trouble
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Mar 16, 2018
Boss of Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College to step down
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Mar 16, 2018
Marian Docherty: History of learning that helps to transform lives at Newbattle Abbey College
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Mar 16, 2018
School and college performance tables in England: 2016 to 2017
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Mar 15, 2018
Shortlist announced for Whatuni Student Choice Awards
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Mar 15, 2018
Bracknell and Wokingham College to join Activate learning
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Mar 15, 2018
Second financial notice for troubled Bradford College
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Mar 15, 2018
Good governance essential to 'make FE wishes come true'
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Mar 14, 2018
Association of Colleges Governance Summit
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Mar 14, 2018
Jisc changes to hit FE sector
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Mar 14, 2018
Supporting care leavers in further education
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Mar 14, 2018
Jobs at risk at Warrington and Vale Royal College
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Mar 14, 2018
Strikes at 12 colleges confirmed for late March
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Mar 13, 2018
Local MP "shocked and concerned" at college U-turn that will close campus and cost jobs
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Mar 13, 2018
Colleges should pay for annual inspections by Ofsted
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Mar 13, 2018
UCU college strike – dates set for a second wave of action
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Mar 13, 2018
Further strike dates in 12 colleges confirmed
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Mar 13, 2018
Meet the mum and son learning construction together
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Mar 13, 2018
Apprenticeship system needs to work for small businesses, says new chair of AAN
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Mar 12, 2018
National festival for specialist education launched
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Mar 12, 2018
England goalkeeper visits football fans at Newcastle college
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Mar 12, 2018
College offers free drama workshops to local school as part of recruitment strategy
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Mar 11, 2018
Sixth-form colleges back campaign for 16-year-olds to get the vote as private member's bill goes through Parliament
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Mar 10, 2018
Barnfield College suspends its recruitment of apprentices
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Mar 9, 2018
Ofsted watch: A week of contrasts in apprenticeship provision
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Mar 9, 2018
Thirteen providers added to RoATP after appeals
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Mar 9, 2018
Fair.Vote campaign launches
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Mar 9, 2018
AoC joins the fight for votes at 16
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Mar 9, 2018
Cockapoo puppy joins college to support vulnerable childcare students
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Mar 8, 2018
Tablets have transformed teaching, says Harlow College
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Mar 8, 2018
Sixth-form college no longer of concern
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Mar 7, 2018
ESFA update: March 2018
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Mar 7, 2018
“There’s no doubting that careers advice has improved since my day but there’s so much more that can and must be done”
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Mar 7, 2018
Teenage apprenticeships: awareness deficit?
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Mar 7, 2018
College could be hit by strike action after job cuts proposed
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Mar 7, 2018
Sheffield College retains its grade three despite achievement-rate worries
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Mar 7, 2018
Barnfield College could lose its apprenticeships provision
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Mar 7, 2018
Jisc's FE subscription announcement: AoC's response
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Mar 6, 2018
Colleges to pay for ed tech previously funded by the DfE
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Mar 6, 2018
Jisc cuts leave colleges paying a high price for essential IT services
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Mar 6, 2018
Anne Milton accused of betraying students left in debt
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Mar 6, 2018
Changes to Jisc funding for FE colleges
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Mar 6, 2018
Government seeking sector views in run-up to T levels
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Mar 6, 2018
Further education: why we will be introducing a subscription
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Mar 6, 2018
Hull College Group to shed over 200 staff
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Mar 6, 2018
Anne Milton to take on schools who fail to let in FE providers
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Mar 5, 2018
College leaders to swap places with apprentices
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Mar 5, 2018
National Apprenticeship Week 2018 celebrates best of earning and learning
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Mar 5, 2018
Report schools that don't let you talk to pupils, minister tells colleges
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Mar 5, 2018
Shifting attitudes will see rise in apprenticeships, says new research
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Mar 5, 2018
Trajectory is right' on apprenticeships, says skills minister
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Mar 4, 2018
College bankrolls failing schools in new academy trust
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Mar 3, 2018
UTC told to join ‘strong’ multi-academy trust amid ESFA investigation
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Mar 2, 2018
People said I was ‘too smart’ to do an apprenticeship
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Mar 2, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Tough week for UTCs as two get ‘requires improvement’
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Mar 2, 2018
HMRC VAT crackdown spreads to subcontracting
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Mar 2, 2018
Commissioner report shows governors’ surprise at college’s dire finances
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Mar 1, 2018
FE Commissioner: “Structural change” could follow £1.4m emergency cash injection
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Mar 1, 2018
More support needed for 19- to 24-year-olds, says Gordon Marsden
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Mar 1, 2018
Stockport College earns its third Ofsted ‘inadequate’ in five years
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Mar 1, 2018
Strike action escalates on a second day of college walkouts
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Mar 1, 2018
OfS regulatory framework for higher education: AoC responds
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Feb 28, 2018
Lowest-paid sixth-form college teachers to get 2% pay rise
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Feb 28, 2018
Low-paid sixth-form college teachers get 2% payrise
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Feb 28, 2018
College lecturers take strike action
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Feb 28, 2018
Success rates drop in Scottish colleges
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Feb 27, 2018
How can 'embedding' really benefit students?
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Feb 26, 2018
Providers have to step up to help achieve apprenticeship ambitions
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Feb 26, 2018
Construction Hub training facility launched at Tweedbank
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Feb 26, 2018
Teaching in FE is a laughing matter
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Feb 25, 2018
Co-operation between colleges, schools and universities essential, says Scotland's education secretary
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Feb 23, 2018
Ofsted Watch: First inspection since merger produces ‘good’ result
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Feb 23, 2018
Skills minister admits students remain without courses more than a year after training providers collapsed
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Feb 23, 2018
College group giant welcomes move to campus level inspection
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Feb 23, 2018
Adult education budget used to bail out struggling colleges
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Feb 23, 2018
Colleges forced to gamble almost £300,000 on apprenticeships
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Feb 23, 2018
Annual Qualifications Market Report
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Feb 22, 2018
Colleges awarded Queen’s Anniversary Prizes
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Feb 22, 2018
Charles and Camilla award prizes to leading universities and colleges
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Feb 22, 2018
College boss joins Ofqual board
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Feb 22, 2018
Prince Charles steps into Queen's shoes to host academic prize ceremony with Camilla
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Feb 22, 2018
FE commissioner forces merger at Guildford College
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Feb 22, 2018
FE Commissioner tells Guildford College to merge by the end of this year
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Feb 22, 2018
FE chartered status membership hits double figures after six years
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Feb 22, 2018
Three colleges join Chartered Institution for Further Education
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Feb 22, 2018
Disadvantaged young people left again without apprenticeship opportunities after re-run of controversial government procurement
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Feb 21, 2018
What to look forward to during National Apprenticeship Week
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Feb 21, 2018
Students want work experience back in the curriculum
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Feb 21, 2018
ESFA gives millions to apprenticeship providers that have failed to meet standards
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Feb 20, 2018
Welcome shift of emphasis to vocational training but big questions for PM’s review of University funding
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Feb 20, 2018
Embattled Kensington and Chelsea chair refuses to step down
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Feb 20, 2018
Two decades on, policymakers should learn from Learning Age proposals
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Feb 19, 2018
HE funding review launch: read the Prime Minister’s speech in full
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Feb 19, 2018
College principal named in HE funding review panel
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Feb 19, 2018
Huge expansion of higher education in colleges expected to follow post-18 education review
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Feb 19, 2018
In the news: 16 February 2018
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Feb 16, 2018
AoC and ITN collaborating on programme to highlight the importance of colleges
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Feb 16, 2018
Ofsted watch: ITP goes straight in with a ‘good’
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Feb 16, 2018
FE colleges hardly feature in LGBT inclusivity index
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Feb 16, 2018
Defining its purpose will give FE a sense of identity
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Feb 15, 2018
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Feb 15, 2018
Edinburgh College principal to retire
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Feb 15, 2018
Strike dates announced for colleges locked in pay dispute
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Feb 15, 2018
New ‘campus identifier’ paves way for Ofsted changes in 2019
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Feb 14, 2018
College thrown £3m lifeline ahead of second attempt at merger
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Feb 14, 2018
Flagship college in financial crisis
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Feb 14, 2018
Only college created in 20 years hit with financial notice
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Feb 14, 2018
College staff vote to go on strike
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Feb 12, 2018
Staff vote to strike over pay at more than a dozen colleges
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Feb 12, 2018
Disruption to hit 16 colleges as staff overwhelmingly back strikes over pay
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Feb 12, 2018
‘Give every 18 year-old £10,000 to spend on their education,’ say academics
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Feb 12, 2018
£10,000 'national learning entitlement' proposed for post-18 education
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Feb 12, 2018
In defence of GCSE resits: the policy can work
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Feb 11, 2018
Chair of education committee offers new insights on FE's issues
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Feb 11, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Delight for colleges but despair for community learning provider
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Feb 9, 2018
Let’s maintain the upward Ofsted trend for colleges!
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Feb 9, 2018
The 12 colleges surviving on government bailouts
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Feb 9, 2018
Stoke-on-Trent College received a half-million bailout
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Feb 9, 2018
Mass brawl erupts in college with one lad hit on the head by chair hurled across the room
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Feb 8, 2018
Further education and skills inspection handbook
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Feb 8, 2018
AELP exceeds 860 members!
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Feb 8, 2018
Teaching, leadership and governance in further education
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Feb 8, 2018
DfE’s teaching and leadership in FE report: The five main findings
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Feb 8, 2018
Ten colleges failed to secure apprenticeship funding for small employers, DfE reveals
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Feb 8, 2018
Mergers mergers everywhere!
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Feb 8, 2018
New National College for the nuclear industry launches
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Feb 7, 2018
Point of view: Employability in London
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Feb 7, 2018
FE governors to be scrutinised by researchers
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Feb 7, 2018
National College for Nuclear opens its doors
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Feb 7, 2018
How could your college use £2.5M to celebrate 100 years of women's right to vote?
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Feb 7, 2018
College sector performance continues rapid improvement
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Feb 7, 2018
Bradford College bailed out twice in a single month
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Feb 7, 2018
National College for Nuclear launched
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Feb 7, 2018
How big is the funding gap between further education colleges and universities?
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Feb 5, 2018
Ex-Wales international facing jailed and sacked from club for scamming schools and colleges out £5 million
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Feb 5, 2018
Professional footballers found guilty of £5m apprenticeship subcontracting fraud
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Feb 5, 2018
ILR guides and templates for 2017 to 2018
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Feb 2, 2018
AoC responds to project on boosting diversity in apprenticeships
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Feb 2, 2018
Ofsted watch: Top grade for independent learning provider
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Feb 2, 2018
Enforcement measures proposed to keep kids in education until 18
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Feb 2, 2018
Nearly £25m in non-levy cash went to new providers
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Feb 2, 2018
Don’t judge colleges on Progress 8!
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Feb 2, 2018
Colleges ditch 14-16 provision to save their reputation
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Feb 2, 2018
Colleges must meet Gatsby career benchmarks or lose money
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Feb 1, 2018
Merger creates seventh largest college group
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Feb 1, 2018
Digital skills for the future
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Feb 1, 2018
Students should be offered two 'meaningful encounters' with employers a year
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Feb 1, 2018
Careers guidance for colleges
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Feb 1, 2018
ESFA update: January 2018
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Jan 31, 2018
FE Commissioner’s annual report encourages colleges to use £700m bailout fund while they can
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Jan 31, 2018
Greater capacity, resources and focus needed to accelerate improvement, says FE commissioner
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Jan 31, 2018
Colleges in Northern Ireland hit by £50 million cuts
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Jan 31, 2018
Stafford MP Jeremy Lefroy wades into non-levy row
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Jan 31, 2018
Property rationalisation and mergers in FE colleges
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Jan 31, 2018
City Technology Colleges pioneer Sir Cyril Taylor dies aged 82
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Jan 30, 2018
Ambitions behind raising the participation age 'remain unrealised'
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Jan 30, 2018
Scottish part-time FE enrolments on the rise
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Jan 30, 2018
Gloucestershire College joins Collab Group
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Jan 30, 2018
Planning for the live dragons…. preparing for 2018-19 and beyond
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Jan 29, 2018
AoC demands colleges are omitted from ‘misleading’ school progress data
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Jan 29, 2018
Milton promises to find ‘the right solution’ for ‘precious’ Kensington and Chelsea College
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Jan 29, 2018
Colleges criticised for asking job applicants which political party they support
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Jan 29, 2018
Chief executive of Capital City College Group to retire
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Jan 29, 2018
Victory for Grenfell campaigners as FE Commissioner scraps colleges’ merger
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Jan 27, 2018
Ofsted revisits grade three college amid signs of falling standards
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Jan 27, 2018
In the news: 26 January
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Jan 26, 2018
AoC comments on key stage 4 progress measures
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Jan 26, 2018
AoC comments on key stage 4 progress measures
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Jan 26, 2018
Caution urged over college's Progress 8 scores
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Jan 26, 2018
Ofsted Watch: Luton Sixth Form College slips from grade one
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Jan 26, 2018
Area reviews mishandled early on, DfE research concludes
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Jan 26, 2018
Lauener pledges salary to student hardship fund
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Jan 26, 2018
Top providers turn to MPs for non-levy relief
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Jan 26, 2018
Strike ballots launched at 12 colleges in dispute over pay
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Jan 26, 2018
16 to 18 English and maths progress measure qualifications
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Jan 25, 2018
16 to 18 accountability headline measures
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16-18
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Jan 25, 2018
Statistics: 16 to 19 attainment
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Jan 25, 2018
School and college performance tables in England: 2016 to 2017
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Jan 25, 2018
16 to 18 level 3 value-added ready reckoner
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Jan 25, 2018
16 to 19 education: funding allocations
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Jan 25, 2018
FE data library: further education and skills
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Jan 25, 2018
ESFA e-bulletin: 25 January 2018 (issue 204)
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Jan 25, 2018
Timothy attacks Greening over apprenticeship and T-level troubles
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Justine Greening
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Jan 25, 2018
Half of college leaders in first wave unhappy with area review process
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Jan 25, 2018
ESFA update: January 2018
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Jan 24, 2018
From footballer to rail engineer
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Jan 24, 2018
The schools, colleges and nurseries highlighted for best practice in Wales
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Jan 24, 2018
London leading the way on skills and careers
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Jan 23, 2018
Universities and colleges receive £6.1 million to develop courses to teach the skills of the future
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Jan 23, 2018
Work experience for students is ‘top priority’
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Jan 23, 2018
Atkins: FE commissioner's role 'distinctly different'
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Jan 23, 2018
Peter Lauener to become new chair of NCG
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Jan 23, 2018
FE commissioner Richard Atkins: ‘Funding for FE is unfair’
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Jan 23, 2018
Former ESFA boss Peter Lauener to chair NCG
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Jan 23, 2018
NCG appoints top public servant Peter Lauener as chair
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Jan 23, 2018
Scandal of inadequate apprenticeships
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Jan 23, 2018
'We need to prepare the next generation of college principals'
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Jan 22, 2018
UK colleges targeted for Saudi Arabia expansion
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Jan 22, 2018
Cornwall College gets £3.5m to help cashflow problems
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Jan 22, 2018
Fine art students work on Tudor-themed art exhibition for Durham Cathedral
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Jan 22, 2018
Let GCSE resit students keep access arrangements they had in school
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Jan 21, 2018
'No induction, no leaving do...the loneliness of the interim college manager'
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Jan 20, 2018
Exeter College brings the big guns in its non-levy tender battle
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Jan 19, 2018
LRS latest release guidance
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Jan 19, 2018
Ofsted watch: Trio of providers lose ‘outstanding’ grades
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Jan 19, 2018
Carillion and the employer-provider problem
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Jan 19, 2018
FE providers left for a decade without Ofsted inspection
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Jan 19, 2018
Damian Hinds: Children are being let down by depth and breadth of education
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Jan 19, 2018
Top college principals to drive improvements in further education
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Jan 18, 2018
National Leaders of Further Education programme: current national leaders
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Jan 18, 2018
Finding time to focus on what matters most
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Jan 18, 2018
The ETF welcomes appointment of National Leaders of Further Education
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Jan 18, 2018
Lion King actor among further education alumni to be honoured at AoC Gold Awards
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Jan 18, 2018
Anne Milton appoints top college principals as National Leaders to drive improvements in Further Education
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Jan 18, 2018
ESFA update: January 2018
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Jan 17, 2018
New research shows University and College leaders recognise sustainability as a priority but fail to deliver
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Jan 17, 2018
New year, new opportunities?
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Jan 17, 2018
Why 2018 should be the year of inclusivity for further education
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Jan 17, 2018
Top DfE official admits FE not represented on Office of Students board
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Jan 16, 2018
Office for Students board must have FE representation
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Jan 16, 2018
ESFA seeks providers to pioneer T-levels
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Jan 16, 2018
Invitation to express an interest to deliver T levels in 2020 to 2021 academic year
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Jan 16, 2018
Let international students work after Brexit, say college leaders
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Jan 16, 2018
Struggling college ‘expects’ £25 million bailout as university merger hits buffers
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Jan 16, 2018
Colleges face action over 'inadequate' finances
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Jan 15, 2018
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Jan 15, 2018
How to prepare for the new data protection laws
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Jan 15, 2018
Being a principal is exhilarating, but the job consumed, distracted and drained me'
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Jan 14, 2018
Getting students to write journals leaves them glowing with pride
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Jan 13, 2018
Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed
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Jan 12, 2018
In the news: 12 January
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Jan 12, 2018
Ofsted watch: Two providers climb out of ‘inadequate’ but one slumps the other way
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Jan 12, 2018
Struggling college awarded £21m to make merger work
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Jan 12, 2018
Colleges earn £57m from international work
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Jan 12, 2018
New home for Eastern High School and Cardiff and Vale College now open
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Jan 11, 2018
ESFA update: January 2018
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Jan 10, 2018
Hughes criticises DfE for claiming university regulator has FE representation
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Jan 10, 2018
Comedian Alan Davies to host Tes FE Awards 2018
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Jan 10, 2018
LRS latest release guidance
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Jan 9, 2018
Four more deputy FE commissioners
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Jan 9, 2018
In the news: 5 January
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Jan 5, 2018
Ofsted watch: Bad start to 2018 for West Thames College
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Jan 5, 2018
Why it pays to take on an apprentice
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Jan 5, 2018
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 5 January 2018
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Jan 5, 2018
Exam malpractice by school staff up by 149%
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Jan 5, 2018
ESFA e-bulletin: 4 January 2018 (issue 201)
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Jan 4, 2018
5,000 apprentice nurses to start training this year
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Jan 3, 2018
ESFA update: January 2018
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Jan 3, 2018
Education and Skills Funding Agency: update
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Jan 3, 2018
First college merger plan for 2018 launched in the south-east
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Jan 3, 2018
Bracknell and Wokingham College to merge with Activate Learning
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Jan 3, 2018
Who stole the techs?
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Jan 3, 2018
Careers guidance to no longer be education’s poor relation
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Jan 3, 2018
Marsden: Office for Students board a 'missed opportunity’ for FE
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Jan 2, 2018
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to FE…'
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Dec 26, 2017
Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ tidings for FE providers before Christmas
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Dec 22, 2017
Foster children face a lottery of care in a system that is under pressure
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Dec 22, 2017
MPs call for establishment of national fostering college
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Dec 22, 2017
Learners left unable to work as training provider goes off the rails
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Dec 22, 2017
Telford College merger gets the official go-ahead
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Dec 21, 2017
Sofa surfers: The young hidden homeless
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Dec 21, 2017
Disadvantaged young people left again without apprenticeship opportunities after re-run of controversial government procurement
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Dec 20, 2017
Ofsted FE and Skills Inspection Handbook for use in 2018
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Dec 20, 2017
Independent special schools and colleges
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Dec 20, 2017
ESFA update: December 2017
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Dec 20, 2017
Terror in the UK
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Dec 20, 2017
Former college student spared jail over hacking offences
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Dec 19, 2017
Top principals boost students' outcomes, research finds
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Dec 19, 2017
Skills minister personally delays controversial Kensington college merger
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Dec 19, 2017
Colleges and higher education institutions notices to improve
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Dec 19, 2017
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Dec 19, 2017
Will college governors have to justify high executive salaries?
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Dec 19, 2017
Insolvency regime for further education and sixth-form colleges
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Dec 18, 2017
Minster launches consultation on college insolvency roll-out
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Dec 18, 2017
Grenfell campaigners win reprieve in fight to save local college
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Dec 18, 2017
In the news: 15 December 2017
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Dec 15, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 15 December 2017
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Dec 15, 2017
Deadline extended to have your say on our performance and impact
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Dec 15, 2017
£170m competition launched for new Institutes of Technology
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Dec 15, 2017
Ofsted Watch: Two ‘inadequate’ providers make slow improvement
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Dec 15, 2017
College refers ‘allegations of mismanagement’ to ESFA
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Dec 15, 2017
Ofsted tells college to ditch ‘outstanding’ label
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Dec 15, 2017
Non-levy tender shocker: Defunct provider gets contract but ‘outstanding’ college misses out
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Dec 15, 2017
Autistic student in new college after 'enrolment error'
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Dec 15, 2017
£120m national colleges beset by low recruitment and delays
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Dec 15, 2017
Tes FE Awards 2018: Shortlist revealed
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Dec 15, 2017
Amanda Spielman speech on the launch of Ofsted’s Annual Report 2016/17
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Dec 14, 2017
Key facts and areas of concern from Ofsted’s Annual Report
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Dec 14, 2017
16 to 18 accountability headline measures
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Dec 14, 2017
Improving social mobility through education
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Dec 14, 2017
Social mobility action plan: DfE vows to rebuild relationship with FE sector
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Dec 14, 2017
Millions given to inadequate Learndirect 'disgraceful', says PAC chair
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Dec 14, 2017
Condition Improvement Fund
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Dec 13, 2017
ESFA update: December 2017
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Dec 13, 2017
‘Why wipe out good or outstanding apprenticeship training providers after latest Ofsted findings?’, asks AELP
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted Annual Report 2016/17
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted Annual Report 2016/17: education, children’s services and skills
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted Chief Inspector launches her first Annual Report on state of education and children’s care in England
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Dec 13, 2017
Amanda Spielman on the launch of Ofsted's Annual Report 2016/17
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Dec 13, 2017
Outstanding providers
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Dec 13, 2017
AoC responds to Ofsted’s annual report
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted signals focus on curriculum and GCSE hothousing
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Dec 13, 2017
Progress on HE access in Scotland 'not spectacular', says commissioner
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Dec 13, 2017
Sector response to Amanda Spielman's first Ofsted Annual Report
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Dec 13, 2017
FE will struggle without more funding, warns Ofsted's Spielman
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Dec 13, 2017
No provider is too big to fail, declares Ofsted as it launches Annual Report
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Dec 13, 2017
Ofsted annual report: colleges' performance drops – but signs of improvement
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Dec 13, 2017
Which? survey reveals gap in understanding about apprenticeships compared to university
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Dec 13, 2017
Challenges facing the London skills system
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Dec 12, 2017
Is the system of Further Education and Vocational Training funded fairly?
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Dec 12, 2017
FE data library: further education and skills
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Dec 12, 2017
DfE under fire for 'disingenuous' £80m maths premium claim
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Dec 12, 2017
Coleg Cymraeg Cendedlaethol’s role to be expanded – Kirsty Williams
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Dec 12, 2017
Snow news day: Prankster fakes college shutdown… before it closes for real
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Dec 12, 2017
Students at UTCs 'work-ready', report finds
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Dec 12, 2017
College complains to Ofsted over rating of 14 to 16 provision
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Dec 11, 2017
LRS latest release guidance
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Dec 11, 2017
Ofsted Watch: Tough week for FE as grades fall
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Dec 8, 2017
Colleges must justify ‘excessive’ staff pay, union demands
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Dec 8, 2017
Battle to save college campus near Grenfell Tower gets FE commissioner support
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Dec 8, 2017
Exposed! Nationwide transport charges for SEND learners
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Dec 8, 2017
High transport costs are letting SEND learners down
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Dec 8, 2017
Trial of new assessment method for GCSE resit students announced
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Dec 8, 2017
Banks ‘walk away’ from college sector
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Dec 8, 2017
MPs pledge to help inspire next generation of engineers
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Dec 7, 2017
‘Incredibly hard’ vocational courses will exclude students from university, Harris boss warns
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Dec 7, 2017
NCG looks to broaden opportunities for students with Capita
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Dec 7, 2017
Fears for students as 9% pay rise imposed on colleges
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Dec 6, 2017
The impact of payment of Governors in Northern Ireland colleges on board effectiveness with implications for England
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Dec 5, 2017
AoC responds to careers strategy announcement
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Dec 4, 2017
Government proposals on children and young people's mental health
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Dec 4, 2017
Careers guidance for modern country unveiled
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Dec 4, 2017
Informed Choice: using data and tools to make career decisions
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Dec 4, 2017
Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper
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Dec 4, 2017
Unleashing Leadership study offers free leadership training for 400 FE organisations
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Dec 4, 2017
Government launches new careers strategy
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Dec 4, 2017
International students meet cows for the first time at college farm
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Dec 4, 2017
Who will run the FE centres of excellence for maths?
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Dec 2, 2017
Ofsted Watch: Success for colleges but ITP rated ‘inadequate’
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Dec 1, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 1 December 2017
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Dec 1, 2017
In the news: 1 December 2017
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Dec 1, 2017
Government delays on subcontracting charges
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Dec 1, 2017
Scottish college spent almost £100K a year on PR
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Dec 1, 2017
FE sector hits back at 'ignorant' Wilshaw
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Dec 1, 2017
Colleges’ Ofsted grades bounce back
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Dec 1, 2017
Colleges’ Ofsted bounce-back should be acknowledged
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Dec 1, 2017
Inclusive Skills Competitions - Showcasing skills to employers
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Nov 30, 2017
AoC comments on T Levels
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Nov 30, 2017
Greening: 'Industry experts' needed to teach T levels
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Nov 30, 2017
Almost 200 T-level panel members announced
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Nov 30, 2017
‘We’re preparing our army for the last war’: why the academic-vocational divide must fall
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Nov 30, 2017
Colleges prove size doesn’t matter when it comes to tackling global challenges
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Nov 30, 2017
Sector response to first ever DfE Skills Summit, hosted by Justine Greening
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Nov 30, 2017
Bournemouth and Poole College becomes latest Collab Group member
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Nov 30, 2017
Scotland: Mentoring can transform the lives of young people
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Nov 30, 2017
ESFA update: November 2017
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Nov 29, 2017
College accounts direction
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Nov 29, 2017
Wilshaw: Colleges should 'get off their backsides and work harder'
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Nov 29, 2017
The industrial strategy is ambitious—now the hard work begins
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Nov 29, 2017
Union hits out at 'ridiculous' GCSE resits after report claims students' motivation 'low'
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Nov 28, 2017
Tough new intervention trigger for FE Commissioner
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Nov 28, 2017
Ofsted’s further education and skills official statistics for 2016/17 have been released
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Nov 28, 2017
Apprenticeship Live broadcasts in schools
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Nov 28, 2017
Scotland: Student found dead on Edinburgh College campus
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Nov 28, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 24 November 2017
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Nov 27, 2017
Attitudes to education and children’s services: BSA 2016
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Nov 27, 2017
Government research finds colleges must do more to motivate GCSE resit students
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Nov 27, 2017
Government launches industrial strategy
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Nov 27, 2017
What is Core Maths and why is funding it so important?
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Nov 27, 2017
Number of young people acting as 'money mules' doubles
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Nov 27, 2017
Can a college operate efficiently without process mapping?
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Nov 27, 2017
In the news: 24 November
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Nov 24, 2017
Collaborating with businesses will support London youngsters in making best career choices
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Nov 24, 2017
Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ news all round for FE
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Nov 24, 2017
£600 maths premium ≠ more maths A-levels
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Nov 24, 2017
Maths GCSE investment adds up
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Nov 24, 2017
AAC Apprenticeship Awards launched by FE Week and AELP
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Nov 24, 2017
Stop trying to control colleges, Corbyn!
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Nov 24, 2017
Labour giants step up to fight FE’s corner
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Nov 24, 2017
14 to 19 technical and applied qualifications: technical guidance
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Nov 23, 2017
Highlights from Skills Show 2017
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Nov 23, 2017
FE data library: apprenticeships
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Nov 23, 2017
FE data library: further education and skills
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Nov 23, 2017
Independent special schools and colleges
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Nov 23, 2017
What does the Autumn Budget 2017 mean for education?
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Nov 23, 2017
Hammond, take care where you sprinkle the skills cash
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Nov 23, 2017
Hammond’s budget revealed poor understanding of further education
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Nov 23, 2017
Late entry to GCSEs continues falling – but not for OCR
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Nov 23, 2017
Schools will be forced to promote technical education from January
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Nov 23, 2017
UCU responds to Chancellor's budget statement
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Nov 22, 2017
The Autumn Budget - some useful initiatives but short of what is needed
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Nov 22, 2017
AoC response to Budget
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Nov 22, 2017
Statement from the support our sixth-formers campaign partners on the Autumn Budget announcements
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget: No pay rise for teachers
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Nov 22, 2017
Sector response to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 2017
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget: Chancellor announces £20m for T-level preparation
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Nov 22, 2017
Extra £20m in budget for colleges to prepare for T-levels
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget 2017: Extra £20m for colleges to prepare for T-levels
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Nov 22, 2017
Autumn Budget: Colleges to receive £600 for every extra maths student at level 3
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget 2017: Colleges to get level three maths funding boost
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Nov 22, 2017
Budget 2017: Schools to get £600 for extra A-level maths pupils
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Nov 21, 2017
Grenfell campaigners fight to save further education college
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Nov 21, 2017
Pupils in failing schools to benefit as part of £200bn Budget boost
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Nov 21, 2017
21st century apprenticeships for North of England youth: Are they working?
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Nov 21, 2017
Ofsted boost for college battling ‘financial crisis’
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Nov 21, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Nov 21, 2017
Sheffield College chief executive resigns
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Nov 20, 2017
Minimum student income proposed for Scottish college students
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Nov 20, 2017
Anxious wait for ‘hopeful’ FE sector ahead of budget
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Nov 18, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 17 November 2017
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Nov 17, 2017
In the news: 17 November
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Nov 17, 2017
How much is a moral argument worth?
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Nov 17, 2017
Skills Show 2017: Welcome home Team UK
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Nov 17, 2017
Ofsted Watch: New leadership praised at improved college
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Nov 17, 2017
The new prime providers who struck gold in the first AEB tender
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Nov 17, 2017
T-level placement pilot only includes one independent training provider
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Nov 17, 2017
Colleges win £5.2m through AEB procurement
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Nov 17, 2017
Principal's reworking of Dolly Parton classic for FE is in best tradition of protest music
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Nov 17, 2017
Exeter College comes top in FE Week's league table – again
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Nov 17, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 16 November 2017 (issue 196)
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Nov 17, 2017
One in four sixth-form colleges converting to become academies
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Nov 17, 2017
Ireland: College head approved the €13,000 bill for his own retirement party
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Nov 17, 2017
Best of AoC Conference 2017
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Nov 16, 2017
Anne Milton: speech to Association of Colleges Conference
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Nov 16, 2017
Podcast with Beej about the drivers around the Advanced Learner Loans market
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Nov 16, 2017
New inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships
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Nov 16, 2017
AoC President Alison Birkinshaw discusses the importance of collaborative working to raise the profile of FE
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Nov 16, 2017
Skills Show 2017: Ministers descend on Birmingham in their droves
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Nov 16, 2017
Grayling: 'Lots of apprentices' needed to address engineering skills gap
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Nov 16, 2017
Milton Keynes College joins Collab Group
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Nov 16, 2017
Corbyn threatens independence of colleges
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Nov 16, 2017
MPs scrutinise apprenticeships and skills to 'root out' poor provision
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Nov 16, 2017
‘Inadequate’ Ofsted blow for Tees Valley college
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Nov 16, 2017
Education select committee launches inquiry into apprenticeships and skills training
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Nov 16, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Nov 16, 2017
Colleges do not have a strong brand identity, says FE leader
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Nov 15, 2017
ESFA update: November 2017
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Nov 15, 2017
Colleges and higher education institutions notices to improve
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Nov 15, 2017
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Nov 15, 2017
Amanda Spielman's speech at the Association of Colleges
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Nov 15, 2017
AoC Annual Conference - day two
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Nov 15, 2017
UCU welcomes Jeremy Corbyn's call for investment in FE
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Nov 15, 2017
Chief executive standing down from troubled college group
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Nov 15, 2017
Are modern apprenticeships working in the north?
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Nov 15, 2017
Scotland: Lawyer Kenneth Mure leaves £3.5m for education on Tiree
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Nov 15, 2017
Weston College takes two gongs at the AoC Beacon Awards
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Nov 14, 2017
Amanda Spielman speech to Association of Colleges annual conference
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Nov 14, 2017
Spielman: 'Too many' college students 'do not get the education they deserve'
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Nov 14, 2017
Over 70,000 to attend sixth annual Skills Show this week
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Nov 14, 2017
Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships speaks at AoC Conference
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Nov 14, 2017
Corbyn: Esol in 'dangerous state of disrepair'
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Nov 14, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn at the AoC Annual Conference
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Nov 14, 2017
AoC's David Hughes discusses Brexit and GCSE's at the AoC Annual Conference
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Nov 14, 2017
Ofqual's statement on alleged malpractice at training centres
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Nov 14, 2017
Sir Gerry Berragan appointed CEO of Institute for Apprenticeships
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Nov 14, 2017
Skills Minister, Anne Milton's AoC opening speech
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Nov 14, 2017
Post-16 funding inequality has consequences
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Nov 14, 2017
Use Budget to end 'damaging' cuts, Corbyn to urge chancellor
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Nov 14, 2017
David Hughes and the AoC are wrong about degree apprenticeships
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Nov 13, 2017
Dolly Parton's Jolene hit used in college funding plea
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Nov 13, 2017
Work placement capacity and delivery fund: DfE to invest £50m
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Nov 13, 2017
How FE colleges can encourage research
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Nov 13, 2017
Unionlearn SkillCheck is go!
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Nov 13, 2017
A therapeutic trip to the AoC
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Nov 13, 2017
Top ten tips for making money from learning
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Nov 13, 2017
Principal covers Dolly Parton hit to plead for funding
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Nov 12, 2017
Scrap GCSE resits now before we condemn another 150K young people to failure
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Nov 12, 2017
Ofsted watch – impressive week for FE colleges
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Nov 10, 2017
Government can’t keep starving us of funding'
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Nov 10, 2017
Don’t ‘punish’ young people with mandatory T-level work placements, AoC pleads
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Nov 10, 2017
Sixth form college performance fell 8% points Ofsted will say
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Nov 8, 2017
T levels could 'enshrine' low esteem for FE, warns Oxford academic
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Nov 8, 2017
Why we cannot lose A-Levels in FE Colleges
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Nov 8, 2017
Half of higher education students should be apprentices
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Nov 8, 2017
Extra-curricular and student support cuts exposed
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Nov 6, 2017
Sixth forms at the 'bottom of a funding chasm', warns new report
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Nov 6, 2017
Colleges drop A levels due to funding cuts
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Nov 6, 2017
Mergers: Managing Change
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Nov 6, 2017
What’s so good about mega FE colleges?
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Nov 5, 2017
The best thing about FE colleges? Their diversity
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Nov 4, 2017
London’s biggest college group just got bigger
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Nov 1, 2017
CONEL joins London's biggest college group
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Nov 1, 2017
Spielman: 'Give Ofsted funding to monitor apprenticeship "cowboys"'
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Oct 31, 2017
Government to review higher-level technical education
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Oct 31, 2017
Use discount codes and special offers to attract students
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Oct 27, 2017
Deadline extended for the 2018 Tes FE Awards
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Oct 26, 2017
'After Grenfell, Kensington and Chelsea College needs to win back the community's trust'
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Oct 26, 2017
Edinburgh College joins Collab Group
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Oct 26, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Oct 26, 2017
Scotland: Colleges free to run more adult courses
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Oct 26, 2017
ESFA update: October 2017
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Oct 25, 2017
Ministers axe college policy that led to a dramatic fall in student numbers
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Oct 25, 2017
Analysis: Impact on female students still unknown despite welcome policy shift
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Oct 25, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Oct 25, 2017
National Leaders of Further Education: guidance for potential applicants
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Oct 24, 2017
Guidance for applicants to the pilot of the Strategic College Improvement Fund
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Oct 24, 2017
New programme launched to improve colleges
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Oct 24, 2017
Principal resigns as college made aware of “allegations of mismanagement”
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Oct 24, 2017
Newcastle United Foundation appoints new trustee
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Oct 24, 2017
Perceptions survey
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Oct 24, 2017
The Strategic College Improvement Fund
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Oct 24, 2017
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Oct 24, 2017
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Oct 24, 2017
Pilot applications open for new Strategic College Improvement Fund
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Oct 24, 2017
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Oct 24, 2017
'Good' college leaders sought to support struggling institutions
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Oct 24, 2017
'Colleges, beware the thoughtless pursuit of new markets'
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Oct 23, 2017
Tech trailblazers – FE colleges leading the way
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Oct 23, 2017
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Oct 23, 2017
If Oxford colleges exclude black students, the university should intervene
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Oct 20, 2017
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Oct 20, 2017
GCSE and equivalent results: 2016 to 2017 (provisional)
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Oct 20, 2017
In the news: 20 October 2017
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Oct 20, 2017
Skills Plan - how will the new plans for technical education impact on you as providers of technical education?
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Oct 20, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 20 October 2017
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Oct 20, 2017
Ofsted watch: Two colleges improve to ‘good’ rating
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Oct 20, 2017
Colleges lose £1.2 million under controversial condition-of-funding rules
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Oct 20, 2017
Budget 2017: Non-levy funding looms large
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Oct 20, 2017
Cash-strapped college wastes £3m on development plans
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Oct 20, 2017
Oxford and Cambridge Universities accused of "social apartheid" after colleges fail to admit any black students
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Oct 20, 2017
Number of colleges charging £9K tuition fees on the rise
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Oct 20, 2017
One in three Oxford colleges fail to admit single black British student
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Oct 19, 2017
Oxford college drops Aung San Suu Kyi from common room's name
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Oct 19, 2017
Join the FE and skills coalition and be part of the digital revolution
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Oct 19, 2017
‘DfE must employ civil servants who went to college’ says AoC boss
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Oct 19, 2017
Employers more satisfied with private providers again… but colleges catching up
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Oct 19, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 19 October 2017 (issue 192)
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Oct 19, 2017
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Oct 19, 2017
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Oct 18, 2017
ESFA update: October 2017
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Oct 18, 2017
Report says for-profit colleges have lower graduation rates
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Oct 18, 2017
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Oct 17, 2017
Tes FE Podcast – 16 October 2017
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Oct 17, 2017
Support Our Sixth-formers: DfE urged to redirect 16-19 underspend
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Oct 17, 2017
How FE colleges can act commercially and meet the demands of the apprenticeship reform
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Oct 16, 2017
OFFA calls for fundamental changes in widening participation
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Oct 16, 2017
WorldSkills: Use UK's apprenticeships expertise, says Anne Milton
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Oct 16, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 12 October 2017 (issue 191)
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Oct 13, 2017
Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week
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Oct 13, 2017
In the news: 13 October
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Oct 13, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 13 October 2017
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Oct 13, 2017
Universities and colleges receive £1.8 million to tackle hate crime and online harassment
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Oct 13, 2017
Ex-ITP boss on trial for alleged Sunderland College fraud
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Oct 13, 2017
ESFA update: October 2017
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Oct 12, 2017
Participation in education and training: local authority figures
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Oct 12, 2017
English and maths tolerance announcement
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Oct 12, 2017
GCSE resits: 5% funding tolerance to be extended
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Oct 12, 2017
The future for FE – a vision for the next five years
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Oct 12, 2017
Apprenticeships could reinvigorate college HE, research suggests
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Oct 12, 2017
Comment on Government announcement on technical education
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Oct 11, 2017
First three T Levels announced
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Oct 11, 2017
Union members vote to ballot over 2017-18 FE pay claim
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Oct 11, 2017
How will EdTech shape the FE sector over the next five years?
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Oct 11, 2017
A first class technical education system is not just an aspiration for Britain but a necessity
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Oct 11, 2017
T-Levels: New post-16 ‘education and childcare’ vocational route announced
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Oct 11, 2017
College system is wasteful, Oxford told by vice-chancellor Louise Richardson
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Oct 11, 2017
Kensington MP lends weight to college survival campaign
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Oct 10, 2017
Lord Adonis, Lord Willetts and Paul Johnson questioned by Committee
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Oct 10, 2017
How a local school in Whitby hopes to save Britain's fishing industry
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Oct 10, 2017
Taking action on mental health
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Oct 10, 2017
Prime Minister urged to address under-funding
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Oct 10, 2017
College leaders beg Theresa May for more 16-to-19 funding
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Oct 10, 2017
Sixth-form students being 'short-changed', argue college leaders
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Oct 10, 2017
Greening opens National College for High Speed Rail
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Oct 10, 2017
Education Secretary opens new high speed rail college
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Oct 9, 2017
Ex-learner guilty of rape at college criticised for safeguarding
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Oct 9, 2017
Colleges should embrace blended learning
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Oct 9, 2017
Lewisham Southwark College’s Cinderella story
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Oct 9, 2017
Schools open 3-year sixth forms to boost pupil numbers
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Oct 9, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Oct 9, 2017
Three-year Esol waiting list caused by 'chronic underfunding'
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Oct 6, 2017
RNN Group Colleges secure National Lottery funding with Sport England to encourage student health and fitness
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Oct 5, 2017
Four things we've learned about the apprenticeship levy
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Oct 5, 2017
Ex LeSoCo principal steps in at troubled Totton College
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Oct 3, 2017
College Support Serves Up Irish Food Success
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Oct 3, 2017
Sussex Downs College offers free courses
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Oct 2, 2017
Cardiff and Vale College students take part in Two Player Games – an award winning BBC film
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Oct 2, 2017
Gold Standard Colleges: how can institutes improve satisfaction?
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Oct 2, 2017
Colleges should call for Ofsted reform
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Sep 29, 2017
Editor asks: Can mega colleges ever be too big to fail?
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Sep 29, 2017
Decades of cuts cannot continue
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Sep 29, 2017
Should FE colleges raise their HE fees?
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Sep 28, 2017
ESFA weekly round-up - Issue 373
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Sep 27, 2017
More women on boards will increase college success
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Sep 27, 2017
The £20 billion benefit to Scotland’s economy from the college sector
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Sep 27, 2017
Fear over student drop-outs at college and university
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Sep 27, 2017
Grenfell community rage over college sell-off
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Sep 26, 2017
Why are so many college mergers falling apart?
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Sep 24, 2017
Dyson’s new IoT designed to hoover up young engineers
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Sep 22, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 21 September 2017 (issue 188)
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Sep 21, 2017
Rosie Winterton MP checking out further education at Doncaster College
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Sep 21, 2017
Two thirds of businesses are not using the Apprenticeship Levy
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Sep 21, 2017
ESFA update: September 2017
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Sep 20, 2017
UCU response to 1% pay offer for further education staff
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Sep 20, 2017
Negative marketing damages reputation
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Sep 20, 2017
TES FE Podcast 18th September 2017, featuring Sarah Simons and Lindsey Johnson
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Sep 20, 2017
Pay negotiations response
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Sep 20, 2017
Corbyn speaking at AoC annual conference
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Sep 20, 2017
AoC boss expresses regret over 1 per cent pay offer
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Sep 20, 2017
Unions 'disappointed' by colleges' 1% pay offer
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Sep 20, 2017
Bid to make Scotland a ‘Daily Mile nation’ after pupil scheme
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Sep 20, 2017
Daily Mile should be for all
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Sep 20, 2017
Achieving change through partnership – what does success look like for the National Collaborative Outreach Programme?
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Sep 19, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate
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Sep 19, 2017
Improvement planning: get it write
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Sep 19, 2017
Missed our GDPR training? Watch it online for free!
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Sep 18, 2017
Stockport and Trafford colleges announce merger plans
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Sep 18, 2017
Glasgow colleges board backs down over "outrageous" 17 per cent pay hike for executive
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Sep 18, 2017
Policy Eye - highlights of week ending Friday 15 September 2017
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Sep 15, 2017
ESFA Post-16: intervention and accountability
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Sep 15, 2017
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Sep 15, 2017
Colleges must step out of the shadows for fair pay
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Sep 15, 2017
In the news: 15 September 2017
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Sep 15, 2017
UCU at TUC Congress 2017
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Sep 15, 2017
Dept of Education has changed plans to increase by three % points the apprenticeship minimum standard achievement threshold
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Sep 15, 2017
MP blasts stalled merger as a ‘hostile takeover’
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Sep 15, 2017
Sixth form colleges’ cash crisis exposed
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Sep 15, 2017
College caught on camera touting for rival’s learners
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Sep 15, 2017
Apprentices used as ‘cheap, subsidised labour’, survey suggests
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Sep 15, 2017
John Swinney urged to make statement on 'outrageous' pay hike for college boss
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Sep 15, 2017
Analysis: ‘Excessive’ pay rise invites scrutiny of the purpose of colleges board
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Sep 15, 2017
Scotland: MSPs rage at 17 per cent pay rise for college executive
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Sep 15, 2017
Education select committee 'to prioritise social justice and productivity'
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Sep 14, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 14 September 2017 (issue 187)
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Sep 14, 2017
FE data library
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Sep 14, 2017
Anger at ‘outrageous’ 17 per cent pay hike for Scottish college chief
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Sep 14, 2017
Rising tuition fees could price out college students, report warns
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Sep 14, 2017
College bosses warn over affordability of £117m pay harmonisation
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Sep 14, 2017
ESFA update: September 2017
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Sep 13, 2017
DfE won't fund Toby Young and Sir Anthony Seldon's fast-track headship college
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Sep 13, 2017
Government funding T-Level ‘high level message’ training for college staff
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Sep 13, 2017
Eighth member for Chartered Institution for FE
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Sep 13, 2017
Autistic student kicked off college course one week after starting
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Sep 12, 2017
Review prompted by autistic teen’s college enrolment heartbreak
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Sep 12, 2017
Colleges to benefit from new rugby programme
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Sep 12, 2017
City College Norwich autistic student 'binned' from course
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Sep 12, 2017
Phonics included in reformed functional skills
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Sep 12, 2017
Another college merger in doubt following ‘regrettable’ TV comments
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Sep 12, 2017
Salary of Glasgow colleges chief hits £98,000 after 20 per cent pay rise
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Sep 12, 2017
Autistic boy turned away from Norwich college days after starting course
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Sep 11, 2017
Impact of degree apprenticeships – invitation to respond
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Sep 11, 2017
Further education colleges: financial intervention and exceptional support
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Sep 11, 2017
University’s controversial takeover of Lambeth College delayed
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Sep 11, 2017
Further education colleges: financial intervention and exceptional support
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Sep 11, 2017
IfA chair: ‘We need to make sure that everybody is benefiting from apprenticeships’
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Sep 9, 2017
Dedicated schools grant assurance: guidance for local authorities
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Sep 8, 2017
UCU writes to colleges demanding better pay deal as figures show staff suffered 24% pay cut
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Sep 8, 2017
In the news: 8 September 2017
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Sep 8, 2017
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Sep 7, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 7 September 2017 (issue 186)
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Sep 7, 2017
Young people deserve more
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Sep 7, 2017
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‘Support our students’: MP Nic Dakin demands more funding for sixth-formers
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Sep 7, 2017
MPs urged to back 16-19 funding campaign
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Sep 7, 2017
Trial begins: Former Welsh footballer and three others accused of £5 million FE fraud
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Sep 7, 2017
Commissioner report exposes financial turmoil at London SFC
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Sep 7, 2017
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Sep 7, 2017
MPs urged to back funding boost for sixth form students
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Sep 7, 2017
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Sep 6, 2017
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Sep 6, 2017
Non-levy tender: It will take over 8 hours just to read the current ‘clarifications’
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Sep 6, 2017
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Sep 6, 2017
Local authorities: 16 to 19 grant return and use of funds statements 2016 to 2017
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Sep 5, 2017
'Earn parents' trust' on apprenticeships, Lord Lucas tells training providers
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Sep 5, 2017
Consultation launched on mega-London college merger amid Grenfell opposition
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Sep 4, 2017
Seaside towns among most deprived communities in UK
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Sep 4, 2017
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Sep 4, 2017
Britain's coastal communities amongst worst performing areas for earnings, jobs, health and education
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Sep 1, 2017
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Aug 31, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 31 August 2017 (issue 185)
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Aug 31, 2017
Ofsted to ask FE learners if they feel safe in residential provision
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Aug 31, 2017
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Aug 31, 2017
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Aug 30, 2017
‘Massive’ student poverty commission launched by NUS
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Aug 30, 2017
Number of adult learners on benefits falls to five-year low
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Aug 30, 2017
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Aug 29, 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
Disabled student can pass journalism course after SQA U-turn
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Aug 25, 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
Overall NEET rates continue to fall but should we be concerned about the rise in 16 to 18 year olds who are NET as well as NEET?
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Aug 25, 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
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GCSE results: Why did the pass rates fall?
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Aug 24, 2017
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Aug 24, 2017
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Aug 24, 2017
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GCSE results: Exams alone are failing to produce work-ready school leavers
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Aug 24, 2017
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Aug 24, 2017
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Aug 24, 2017
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Aug 24, 2017
GCSE resits: Pass rate down in maths, but up in English
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Aug 24, 2017
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Aug 23, 2017
Access agreements 2018-19: universities help schools to support disadvantaged students
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Aug 23, 2017
GDPR compliance not just for corporates
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Aug 23, 2017
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Aug 23, 2017
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Aug 23, 2017
A year to get your act together: how universities and colleges should be preparing for new data regulations
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Aug 22, 2017
Colleges given access to new students' full GCSE marks
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Aug 22, 2017
We are letting Britain’s young people down
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Aug 22, 2017
Stories of second-chance students: 'Now I don't feel scared at all'
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Aug 22, 2017
Disabled student told he will fail course because he cannot write shorthand
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Aug 22, 2017
Learndirect: Ofsted report
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Aug 22, 2017
Ireland: Student loans backed by parents struggling to meet college costs
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Aug 22, 2017
Colleges improve the accessibility of HE study
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Aug 21, 2017
West Midlands college merger bites the dust for lack of government cash
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Aug 21, 2017
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Aug 18, 2017
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Aug 18, 2017
HE in FE: 7 things we've learned
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Aug 18, 2017
English and maths retakes: colleges can benefit from more free online text books
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Aug 18, 2017
Ofsted watch: Two providers crash two grades to inadequate
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Aug 18, 2017
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Aug 18, 2017
A-level results 2017: Eight things to do if you didn't get the grades you wanted
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Aug 18, 2017
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Aug 18, 2017
College reserves drop by £1 billion
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Aug 18, 2017
Congratulations to students collecting A Level results today
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Aug 17, 2017
College students celebrate A Level success 2017
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Aug 17, 2017
FE Commissioner intervention reports: June 2014 to May 2016
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Aug 17, 2017
A level results day 2017
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Aug 17, 2017
Guide to AS and A level results for England, 2017
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Aug 17, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 17 August 2017 (issue 183)
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Aug 17, 2017
A level decline in creative subjects and languages makes mockery of government social mobility claims
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Aug 17, 2017
Government reform has sounded death knell for AS levels
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Aug 17, 2017
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Aug 17, 2017
Scholarship students at top UK college celebrate amazing A level results
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Aug 17, 2017
Multiple sclerosis proves no barrier to success
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A-level results 2017: Colleges celebrate exam success
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Aug 17, 2017
ESFA update: August 2017
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Aug 16, 2017
Esher College in Surrey publishes students’ A Level results a day early
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Aug 16, 2017
College clings on to RoATP despite ‘inadequate’ apprenticeships
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Aug 16, 2017
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Aug 16, 2017
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Aug 15, 2017
AoC response to Learndirect reports
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Aug 15, 2017
Tes FE Podcast: SEND, student support and the WorldSkills curriculum
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Aug 14, 2017
The National Archives commits to apprenticeships as part of plan to ramp up digital headcount
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Aug 14, 2017
AoC responds to Teach First report
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Aug 14, 2017
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Aug 14, 2017
Local partnership to futureproof skilled trades
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Aug 14, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 11 August 2017
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Aug 11, 2017
In the news: 11 August 2017
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Aug 11, 2017
Ofsted watch: South Essex College bumped up to ‘good’ after 90-day wait
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Aug 11, 2017
How government can widen participation through FE
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Aug 11, 2017
WEA awards nominations close in 10 days
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Aug 11, 2017
Hundreds of SEND students left in funding limbo
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Aug 11, 2017
Area review transition grants awarded at 31 May 2017
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Aug 10, 2017
Over £1m of public money paid in grants for failed mergers
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Aug 10, 2017
Brexit uncertainty affecting HE, FE staff morale
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Aug 10, 2017
Further education in England needs more policy attention, says study
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Aug 10, 2017
Government sets December deadline in 16-to-18 data reporting crackdown
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Aug 10, 2017
Area review transition grant details published
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Aug 10, 2017
Colleges 'should play a key role in widening access to university'
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Aug 10, 2017
ESFA update: August 2017
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Aug 9, 2017
Post-16 education – a giant glitter globe?
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Aug 9, 2017
Cambridge Regional College is STEM College of the Year
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Aug 9, 2017
Measuring two-year retention post-16: what does it show?
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Aug 9, 2017
Second whole-class failure of Inverness College media exam
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Aug 9, 2017
Apprenticeship Levy: unanswered questions remain
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Aug 9, 2017
Colleges top National Student Survey satisfaction ratings
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Aug 9, 2017
ILR guides and templates for 2017 to 2018
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Aug 8, 2017
Area reviews in further education: a summary
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Aug 8, 2017
Love your food? This could be the career for you
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Aug 8, 2017
Heavy workload stalls teachers' career progression, survey finds
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Aug 7, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data
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Aug 7, 2017
Lack of confidence big factor in successful apprenticeship delivery, new survey reveals
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Aug 7, 2017
Ofsted watch: Private provider loses ‘outstanding’ rating
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Aug 7, 2017
2016-17 ILR data checking tool
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Aug 7, 2017
Who needs French and German? Colleges drop languages as interest from students plummets
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Aug 5, 2017
Three month inspection report delay nearly over, Ofsted claims
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Aug 4, 2017
In the news: 4 August 2017
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Aug 4, 2017
Simplifying workforce data collection in further education
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Aug 4, 2017
First on-site college at a major UK airport gets the green light
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Aug 4, 2017
A new collaborative approach to simplify workforce data collection in further education
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Aug 4, 2017
Tes FE Podcast: A levels, college diversity and UTCs
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Aug 4, 2017
FE bodies unite to create single college workforce database
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Aug 4, 2017
Colleges ditch A levels amid funding pressures
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Aug 4, 2017
Final area review reports published
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Aug 3, 2017
Area reviews: 15 reports and recommendations for colleges published
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Aug 3, 2017
With the end of area reviews, now colleges can get on with the real business
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Aug 3, 2017
Further education area reviews: policy and reports
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Aug 3, 2017
SFA financial assurance: funding assurance review programmes
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Aug 3, 2017
Area review waves four and five recommendations published
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Aug 3, 2017
Supporting mental health in schools and colleges
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Aug 3, 2017
Education and Skills Funding Agency contracting arrangements for the 2017 to 2018
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Aug 3, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Aug 3, 2017
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Aug 2, 2017
ESFA update: August 2017
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Aug 2, 2017
SFCA welcome significant funding win for two year courses
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Aug 2, 2017
We need to have a big conversation about the nature and purposes of a university or college education
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Aug 2, 2017
Lack of qualifications 'increases risk of being long-term Neet'
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Aug 2, 2017
Managing audiovisual research data – five things you need to know
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Aug 1, 2017
Dr Alison Birkinshaw becomes AoC President
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Aug 1, 2017
A busy day for mergers as 21 colleges join 10 partnerships
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Aug 1, 2017
Hartpury College considers bid for university status
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Aug 1, 2017
Collab Group announces partnership agreement with Babington Group
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Aug 1, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Aug 1, 2017
College staff face wait for news on annual pay rise
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Jul 31, 2017
Hartpury becomes second FE college to earn degree awarding powers
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Jul 31, 2017
Flammable cladding discovered at major Birmingham college
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Jul 31, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 28 July 2017
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Jul 28, 2017
ASCL sends strong message that government needs to fully fund teachers' pay rises and the 1% pay cap needs to be lifted
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Jul 28, 2017
ESFA: Inform
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Jul 28, 2017
Ofsted watch: Two providers slump to ‘inadequate’
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Jul 28, 2017
£4.8m spent to educate Republic of Ireland students in NI
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Jul 28, 2017
Sector unites to export FE and make UK a 'global leader'
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Jul 28, 2017
Five steps to (self-assessment) heaven
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Jul 27, 2017
West Yorkshire pupils raise their aspirations at university summer school
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Jul 27, 2017
Social action included in study programmes for first time
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Jul 27, 2017
College shortlisted for national diversity award
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Jul 27, 2017
The smart home reloaded - welcome to the intelligent campus
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Jul 27, 2017
Yorkshire colleges first to publish targets in £56m AEB pre-devolution deal
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Jul 27, 2017
Scotland: College faces investigation over dismissal of engineer
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Jul 27, 2017
London college merger called off at last minute
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Jul 26, 2017
Statistics: further education and skills
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Jul 26, 2017
Promoting social mobility early
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Jul 26, 2017
ILR guides and templates for 2016 to 2017
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Jul 25, 2017
List of declared subcontractors
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Jul 25, 2017
Is post-school education funding fit for purpose?
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Jul 25, 2017
'The Smith Review is good. But we need more alternatives at level 2'
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Jul 25, 2017
In the new edition of CYP Now: School readiness special; new children's minister interview; journey of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child
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Jul 25, 2017
IT problem delays Blackburn College's University Centre degree results
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Jul 25, 2017
Is post-school education funding fit for purpose? House of Lords committee to inquire
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Jul 25, 2017
Scotland: Perth college bosses plotted to sack staff over pilot training scheme
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Jul 25, 2017
School and college performance tables: statements of intent
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Jul 24, 2017
Blackburn College students fume over two-week results delay
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Jul 24, 2017
Struggling colleges given £4m in exceptional financial support
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Jul 24, 2017
£16 million drive to boost maths skills for post Brexit Britain
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Jul 24, 2017
In the news: 21 July 2017
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Jul 21, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 21 July 2017
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Jul 21, 2017
Ofsted watch: Three providers branded ‘inadequate’
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Jul 21, 2017
Sir Vince Cable 'refreshed' by time in further education
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Jul 21, 2017
The murky side of clearing
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Jul 21, 2017
Ireland: Students given no guarantee of housing
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Jul 21, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 20 July 2017 (issue 179)
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Jul 20, 2017
Smith review of post-16 mathematics: report and letter
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Jul 20, 2017
Minister announces T-levels delay
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Jul 20, 2017
Post-16 maths to get government cash boost
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Jul 20, 2017
AoC support for Smith review's 10 year post 16 maths plan but dismay at snap decision on GCSE resits
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Jul 20, 2017
Don’t drift: why every millennial needs a career strategy
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Jul 20, 2017
Smith Review of post-16 maths: what does it say?
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Jul 20, 2017
LSEC ‘delighted’ to become Collab Group's 37th member
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Jul 20, 2017
Scotland: Colleges warned about crumbling campuses before new cuts
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Jul 20, 2017
Ofqual to investigate DCS qualifications fraud
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Jul 19, 2017
ESFA update: July 2017
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Jul 19, 2017
Careers advice service on hand to help stressed-out students take the next step
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Jul 19, 2017
Ireland: Garda chief Nóirín O’Sullivan told to quit over college controversy
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Jul 19, 2017
ATL comment on compulsory gender diversity training for college staff
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Jul 18, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data
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Jul 18, 2017
16 to 18 data and management information (MI) reports
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Jul 18, 2017
Condition Improvement Fund: 2017 to 2018 outcome
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Jul 18, 2017
Did students illegally vote twice for Jeremy Corbyn? What the Electoral Commission report says - and what it doesn't
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Jul 18, 2017
Students ‘voting twice’ in general election ‘unlikely to have impacted outcome’
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Jul 18, 2017
Let's bridge the divide between academic and technical education
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Jul 18, 2017
Labour’s national education service is an idea whose time has come | Melissa Benn
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Jul 18, 2017
Male students continuing to snub female-dominated courses
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Jul 18, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Jul 18, 2017
Almost 400 staff face uncertain summer through post-merger job cuts plan
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Jul 17, 2017
First degree apprentices in UK graduate
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Jul 17, 2017
Union calls for halt to rushed restructure and job losses at Nottingham College
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Jul 17, 2017
UK’s first ever degree apprentices graduate from Aston University
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Jul 17, 2017
Homework should count in 20% off-the-job training rule
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Jul 17, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 216
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Jul 17, 2017
Ireland: EU opens fraud inquiry into Templemore garda training college
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Jul 17, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Jul 17, 2017
Student helps publicise talking newspaper charity with new website
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Jul 16, 2017
College donates radio equipment to remote Gambian village
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Jul 16, 2017
Corbyn tries his hand at bricklaying during college visit
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Jul 15, 2017
All three Tees Valley area review merger proposals fall through
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Jul 15, 2017
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Jul 14, 2017
Full-time enrolment of 14- to 16-year-olds in further education and sixth-form colleges
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Jul 14, 2017
Sixth-form colleges: financial notices to improve
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Jul 14, 2017
In the news: 14 July 2017
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Jul 14, 2017
Teaching is at the heart of the skills plan
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Jul 14, 2017
Learner satisfaction still highest with private providers
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Jul 14, 2017
Ofsted watch: Kendal College falls from grade one
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Jul 14, 2017
Home Office ‘loses’ 16,000 on study visas
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Jul 14, 2017
'Crippling' GCSE English and maths resits set to rise again
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Jul 14, 2017
Third of Scottish colleges have to find up to £1m for staff pay deals
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Jul 14, 2017
Whatever your view of TEF, it’s time to stop bashing HE in FE
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Jul 13, 2017
TEF and colleges: damned if you do, damned if you don’t
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Jul 13, 2017
Side by Side: the learner Prevent duty online modules
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Jul 13, 2017
New select committee chairs
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Jul 13, 2017
Private providers outperform colleges for learner satisfaction
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Jul 13, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 13 July 2017 (issue 178)
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Jul 13, 2017
16 to 19 education: commercial and charitable providers
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Jul 13, 2017
FE Choices learner satisfaction survey 2016 to 2017
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Jul 13, 2017
ESFA update: July 2017
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Jul 12, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate
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Jul 12, 2017
ATL comment on Sutton Trust report on social mobility
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Jul 12, 2017
Social mobility summit blog
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Jul 12, 2017
Advanced Teacher Status: The next step for the teaching profession
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Jul 11, 2017
AoC response to Taylor Review
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Jul 11, 2017
The Taylor Report: what does it say about apprenticeships and skills?
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Jul 11, 2017
Schools are a crucial weapon in the fight against extremism
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Jul 11, 2017
Funding allocations to training providers: 2016 to 2017
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Jul 10, 2017
As challenges for the FE sector continue, leaders acknowledge technology as a way forward
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Jul 10, 2017
Northern Powerhouse Partnership to deliver crucial education and skills report
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Jul 10, 2017
Sector response - Justine Greening: Britain needs a skills revolution
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Jul 10, 2017
Five design students will have their work displayed on London’s new Elizabeth line trains
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Jul 9, 2017
International learners publish a book on their stories of home
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Jul 9, 2017
What now for education policy?
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Jul 9, 2017
Quick-fix approach to SEND is poor strategy
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Jul 9, 2017
Animal care students run cattery for homeless felines
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Jul 8, 2017
Manchester United’s class of ’92 launch football programme with Trafford College
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Jul 8, 2017
Association of Colleges restructure plans approved
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Jul 8, 2017
Ofsted watch: Independent provider slumps two grades to inadequate
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Jul 7, 2017
Decisiveness and clarity needed on T-Levels
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Jul 7, 2017
FE leaders' survey
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Jul 7, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 7 July 2017
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Jul 7, 2017
Justine Greening: Speech at the Business and Education Summit
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Jul 6, 2017
Are T-level plans in trouble?
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Jul 6, 2017
Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision
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Jul 6, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 6 July 2017 (issue 177)
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Jul 6, 2017
FE data library: further education and skills
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Jul 6, 2017
AoC to save £500k through redundancies - but continue national pay negotiations
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Jul 6, 2017
Additional funding for technical education is a step in the right direction - ATL
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Jul 6, 2017
Milton visits first FE college since becoming minister
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Jul 6, 2017
Libyan refugee turned biomedical scientist crowned BTEC student of the year
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Jul 6, 2017
Troubled college's CEO paid £266k, accounts reveal
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Jul 6, 2017
Education Secretary addresses business and education leaders and calls for a skills revolution
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Jul 6, 2017
College leader: ‘I don’t see skills devolution happening’
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Jul 6, 2017
ESFA Advice about post-16 funding regulations
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Jul 6, 2017
Tory MP Sir Henry Bellingham claims ‘many’ students voted twice in the general election
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Jul 6, 2017
Financial management: college accounts
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Jul 6, 2017
Prevent guidelines report
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Jul 6, 2017
Government to pledge £65 million for technical education
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Jul 6, 2017
Bring back apprenticeships for 14 year olds, new report urges
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Jul 6, 2017
ESFA weekly round-up - Issue 361
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Jul 5, 2017
Education and Skills Funding Agency: update
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Jul 5, 2017
ESFA update: July 2017
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Jul 5, 2017
Sixth-form colleges: apply to change name
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Jul 5, 2017
5 ways to get a degree for free as student debt soars to record £51,000
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Jul 5, 2017
Students heeded calls to engage with democracy, now we're being told we got it wrong
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Jul 5, 2017
Students' end-of-year artwork 2017 – in pictures
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Jul 5, 2017
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Jul 4, 2017
Establishing or closing a sixth-form college
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Jul 4, 2017
NASUWT comments on Prevent duty report
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Jul 4, 2017
The funding rates and the formula used in the funding arrangements for 16- to 19-year-olds
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Jul 4, 2017
'Government under-spends sixth-form budget by £200m'
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Jul 3, 2017
£200m underspend in sixth-form budget revealed
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Jul 3, 2017
Department for Education ministerial portfolios announced
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Jul 3, 2017
£200 million of the Department for Education’s sixth form budget goes unspent as schools & colleges cut courses & support to students
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Jul 3, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon underminded by her own poverty tsar over university inequality
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Jul 3, 2017
Joint union statement on asbestos in schools
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Jul 3, 2017
Prevent strategy stigmatising Muslim pupils, say teachers
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Jul 3, 2017
Pair of Buddhist monks teach staff and students the history of Buddhism
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Jul 3, 2017
Ofsted survey tools used by only 2% of learners
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Jul 3, 2017
The North’s top apprenticeship provider urges engineering firms to close construction skills gap
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Jul 3, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 214
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Jul 3, 2017
What providers need to know about health and care apprenticeships
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Jul 3, 2017
Teachers' fears over Prevent anti-terror programme
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Jul 3, 2017
Replica Viking boat is restored by boat-building apprentices
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Jul 2, 2017
Student films helps local hospital recruit therapy staff
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Jul 2, 2017
Let's get FE and schools talking more
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Jul 2, 2017
Fears of bursary cuts ‘may lead students to quit’
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Jul 1, 2017
Tutor makes giant millionaire's shortbread to celebrate the end of term
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Jul 1, 2017
IT students represent the UK at global coding competition
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Jul 1, 2017
In the news: 30 June 2017
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Jun 30, 2017
Why politicians need to make themselves more relatable to the young
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Jun 30, 2017
In this week's Tes Further: The FE college training the next generation of mariners
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Jun 30, 2017
Ofsted watch: Week of extreme contrasts for providers
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Jun 30, 2017
Minister met with key studio school officials to discuss ‘review’ of model
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Jun 30, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 30 June 2017
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Jun 30, 2017
Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in June 2017
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Jun 30, 2017
Parents harm children by pushing university, says MasterChef winner Gary Maclean
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Jun 30, 2017
LGA: skills devolution must go 'radically further and faster'
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Jun 30, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 29 June 2017 (issue 176)
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Jun 29, 2017
OFFA publishes outcomes of access agreement monitoring for 2015-16
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Jun 29, 2017
Advice: funding regulations for post-16 provision
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Jun 29, 2017
Participation in education, training and employment: 2016
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Jun 29, 2017
Participation in education, training and employment: 2016
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Jun 29, 2017
FE teachers' biggest challenges? Long hours and heavy workload
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Jun 29, 2017
Global: Parents focus on postgraduate study and 'real life' experience for their child's future job prospects
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Jun 29, 2017
Scots universities check buildings after Grenfell tragedy
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Jun 28, 2017
ATL comment on Ofsted’s FE and skills inspections and outcomes
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Jun 28, 2017
ESFA update: June 2017
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Jun 28, 2017
Non-levy apprenticeships growth requests
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Jun 28, 2017
ESFA weekly round-up - Issue 360
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Jun 28, 2017
Celebrating colleges and their students
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Jun 28, 2017
Area review ignored as central London set for second mega-college merger
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Jun 28, 2017
Teaching for distinction @OldhamCollege
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Jun 28, 2017
Strike today at College of North West London
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Jun 28, 2017
Divisions in society leading to 'sour mood'
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Jun 28, 2017
Progress on social mobility too slow, commission report warns
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Jun 28, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Jun 28, 2017
UCU response to report on government social mobility failings
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Jun 27, 2017
London college staff to strike over job cuts
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Jun 27, 2017
UCU response to report on government social mobility failings
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Jun 27, 2017
Collab Group unveils apprenticeship partnership with Amey
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Jun 27, 2017
AELP Annual Conference – day one
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Jun 26, 2017
Protests at Birmingham Metropolitan College over job cuts
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Jun 26, 2017
Merger collapse makes it a dozen area review failures
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Jun 26, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 213
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Jun 26, 2017
College team win gold award at BBC Gardeners' World Live
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Jun 25, 2017
College uses student's art project as a learner recruitment tool
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Jun 24, 2017
Finding enough work placements is difficult, colleges warn
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Jun 24, 2017
Prison education reforms on hold for another year
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Jun 24, 2017
To win back younger voters, Conservatives must present the case against socialism
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Jun 23, 2017
Advanced Teacher Status welcomed
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Jun 23, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 23 June 2017
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Jun 23, 2017
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Jun 23, 2017
ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2017 to 2018
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Jun 23, 2017
More strikes at College of North West London
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Jun 23, 2017
In the news: 23 June 2017
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Jun 23, 2017
ATL comment on ETF launch of Advanced Teacher Status
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Jun 23, 2017
NCG and others blame IT ‘glitches’ for achievement rates table absence
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Jun 23, 2017
Ofsted watch: Local authority provider shakes off inadequate rating
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Jun 23, 2017
Colleges in dark over data reporting rule
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Jun 23, 2017
Why I always recommend apprenticeships to new school-leavers
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Jun 23, 2017
Gold standard for 14 colleges with HE teaching
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Jun 23, 2017
Sector response - Education and Training Foundation launches Advanced Teacher Status
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Jun 23, 2017
Dstl – Supporting International Women in Engineering Day 2017
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Jun 23, 2017
Justine Greening: Social mobility must be at the heart of the government’s agenda in Brexit Britain
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Jun 23, 2017
YouTube – friend or foe?
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Jun 23, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 22 June 2017 (issue 175)
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Jun 22, 2017
TEF/LEO results show young people should be seriously exploring higher or degree level apprenticeships as an alternative to a traditional degree
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Jun 22, 2017
Education and childcare must not be pushed down the political agenda to 'any other business'
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Jun 22, 2017
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) results announced
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Jun 22, 2017
Kezia Dugdale: Further education drop-out numbers have doubled since 2011/12
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Jun 22, 2017
Capita joins G-Cloud to move services into the cloud giving colleges more options for supporting students off-site
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Jun 22, 2017
Second consecutive grade four Ofsted for previously ‘outstanding’ college
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Jun 22, 2017
Scotland's colleges could struggle to hit targets due to financial challenges, warns auditor-general
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Jun 22, 2017
Teaching Excellence Framework - sector response
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Jun 22, 2017
Getting to grips with the challenge of T-level work placements
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Jun 22, 2017
Watchdogs issue warning over £19m college deficit
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Jun 22, 2017
Going for gold: How did colleges fare in the TEF?
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Jun 22, 2017
Scotland: Colleges battle with pay deal and falling student numbers
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Jun 22, 2017
£10 million refund claims expected from colleges as HMRC accepts euro VAT ruling
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Jun 21, 2017
ESFA weekly round-up - Issue 359
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Jun 21, 2017
OFFA welcomes Social Mobility Employer Index
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Jun 21, 2017
Providing supported internships for young people with an EHC plan
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Jun 21, 2017
ESFA update: June 2017
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Jun 21, 2017
ASCL comment on Queen’s Speech
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Jun 21, 2017
New assessment highlights excellence of teaching and learning across UK universities and colleges
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Jun 21, 2017
ATL comment on skills and the Queen’s Speech
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Jun 21, 2017
OFFA publishes new guidance on the evaluation of outreach
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Jun 21, 2017
OFFA publishes new guidance on evaluating outreach
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Jun 21, 2017
Top 50 UK employers for social mobility
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Jun 21, 2017
Ireland: Garda college ‘fraud’ referral is conveniently timed, say TDs
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Jun 21, 2017
FE champion Vince Cable bids for Lib Dem leadership
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Jun 20, 2017
Capita FHE and Collab Group announce partnership
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Jun 20, 2017
Protest at Darlington College over pay cuts as merger collapses
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Jun 20, 2017
Six reasons why higher education and local growth have converged
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Jun 20, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn’s shock general election success driven by high young voter turn-out
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Jun 20, 2017
'Just 15 minutes of your time could change the FE sector'
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Jun 20, 2017
Degree apprenticeship for police constables launches
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Jun 20, 2017
Tracking what your students really think about your organisation’s digital environment
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Jun 20, 2017
Pupils lack information about alternative routes through higher education, teachers warn
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Jun 20, 2017
Scotland: Colleges Scotland spent £1,000 a week on PR during row with union
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Jun 20, 2017
Two ETF trustees awarded OBEs in Queen’s Birthday Honours list
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Jun 19, 2017
Undergraduate degrees are not the only pathway through higher education, but awareness of other routes is lacking
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Jun 19, 2017
Protests at Birmingham Metropolitan College over job cuts
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Jun 19, 2017
Colleges, employers and boroughs take action to tackle London’s Skills Crisis
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Jun 19, 2017
David Russell discusses the deregulation of FE teaching qualifications
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Jun 19, 2017
Small sixth forms are no longer viable
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Jun 19, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Jun 19, 2017
New template – Apprenticeship Sub-contractor Contract
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Jun 17, 2017
College leaders recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours List
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Jun 16, 2017
Amanda Spielman's speech at the Sixth Form Colleges Association
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Jun 16, 2017
What academies, free schools and colleges should publish online
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Jun 16, 2017
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017
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Jun 16, 2017
College defiant despite damning Ofsted meaning apprentice register removal
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Jun 16, 2017
Eight-month Ofsted turnaround from inadequate to good for UTC
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Jun 16, 2017
In this week's Tes Further: 'Judge the apprenticeship levy on completions, not starts'
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Jun 16, 2017
Ofsted watch: Two providers rated outstanding and a UTC bounces back
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Jun 16, 2017
Prevent duty - as important as ever
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Jun 16, 2017
UCU response to 'depressing' Social Mobility Commission poll
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Jun 16, 2017
Annual workforce report highlights level of qualifications for Further Education teachers and trainers
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Jun 16, 2017
Judge and principal blast college nepotism scandal
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Jun 16, 2017
Annual workforce report highlights level of qualifications for Further Education teachers and trainers
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Jun 16, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 16 June 2017
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Jun 16, 2017
How one college is winning the battle for hearts and minds
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Jun 16, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Jun 16, 2017
Young deeply pessimistic about social mobility, survey says
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Jun 15, 2017
Sixth Form Colleges Association award winners unveiled
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Jun 14, 2017
Association of Colleges appoints new deputy chief executive
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Jun 14, 2017
Merger partner announced for cash-strapped college
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Jun 14, 2017
Association of Colleges names new deputy CEO
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Jun 14, 2017
ESFA weekly round-up - issue 358
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Jun 14, 2017
ESFA: financial planning handbook and financial plan
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Jun 14, 2017
ESFA update: June 2017
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Jun 14, 2017
College staff set to strike in workload dispute
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Jun 14, 2017
Demonstration at Darlington College over proposed pay cuts
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Jun 14, 2017
College lecturers in Wales are striking over workloads they say are pushing them to the brink
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Jun 14, 2017
Prevent duty – as important as ever
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Jun 14, 2017
Kensington fire: Ofqual statement
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Jun 14, 2017
Labour's young voter surge was about issues, not just Jeremy Corbyn
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Jun 14, 2017
Protest at Darlington College in row over pay cuts
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Jun 13, 2017
Performance tables: approved qualifications and discount codes
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Jun 13, 2017
Anne Milton to be new skills minister
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Jun 13, 2017
New Deputy Chief Executive appointed
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Jun 13, 2017
Scottish FE minister launches first college improvement programme
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Jun 13, 2017
First outstanding Ofsted rating for FE college in 14 months
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Jun 13, 2017
Extra £2m to help solve bitter college dispute
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Jun 13, 2017
English college group wins applied engineering Saudi contract
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Jun 12, 2017
‘New approach’ called for after principal quits
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Jun 12, 2017
Students voted in droves for policies that offered us a better future - politicians must take heed
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Jun 12, 2017
Strikes threat returns as colleges say they can’t afford pay deal
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Jun 12, 2017
Justine Greening re-appointed Education Secretary
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Jun 11, 2017
Over a quarter of teaching workforce in further education on insecure contracts
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Jun 9, 2017
UCU comment on general election result
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Jun 9, 2017
AoC's response to election results
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Jun 9, 2017
In the news: 9 June 2017
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Jun 9, 2017
Sector 'left in limbo', Association of Colleges says in first reaction to election
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Jun 9, 2017
Are subsidiary companies robbing FE staff of pay?
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Jun 9, 2017
The views of first time voters
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Jun 8, 2017
Performance tables: approved qualifications and discount codes
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Jun 8, 2017
Sport and physical activity should not be overlooked
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Jun 7, 2017
Cardiff college once named 'Britain’s Brainiest School' has been sold
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Jun 7, 2017
Don't bring back the education maintenance allowance
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Jun 7, 2017
Somerset: first-time student voters learn hard lesson of tactical voting
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Jun 7, 2017
'I get angry when I'm patronised': the teenagers standing for parliament
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Jun 7, 2017
A new dawn for further education?
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Jun 7, 2017
5 top tips for a sixth form college becoming an academy
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Jun 7, 2017
Refugees welcome? How Britain and Sweden compare on education for migrants
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Jun 7, 2017
Free Financial Times offer is for FE students too
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Jun 6, 2017
Desperate college seeks university take-over before merger consultation even begins
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Jun 6, 2017
Free further education for all is not a realistic aim
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Jun 6, 2017
Further education and adult learning should be free
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Jun 6, 2017
East London colleges partner with university to form new federation
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Jun 6, 2017
Colleges raise concerns over Conservative 'change of tack' on IoTs
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Jun 5, 2017
Mhairi Black: ‘Tories will leave young voters behind’
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Jun 5, 2017
Listen up young people: don’t kiss your future goodbye
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Jun 5, 2017
Two large colleges pull back from inadequate Ofsted ratings
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Jun 5, 2017
‘Patchy’ progress with work training for special needs
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Jun 5, 2017
Corbyn’s promises to under-25s are nothing but a con
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Jun 5, 2017
University technical colleges plan to switch recruitment age to 13
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Jun 3, 2017
In this week's Tes Further: How to fix FE from the roots
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Jun 2, 2017
In the news: 1 June
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Jun 2, 2017
College pays learners to complete online courses
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Jun 2, 2017
Horror show for degree apprenticeships
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Jun 2, 2017
Priorities for FE and skills in the next Parliament
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Jun 2, 2017
Finalists announced for the third annual Herald Higher Education Awards
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Jun 2, 2017
College finances improve after ‘period of stability’
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Jun 2, 2017
Principal standing down of recently created FE college
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Jun 1, 2017
Comparison of parties’ plans for education spending on 16-18 year-olds in England
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Jun 1, 2017
Senior IOE academics comment on the General Election manifestos
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Jun 1, 2017
Don't double the immigration skills charge
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Jun 1, 2017
Tories are right to double the immigration skills charge
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Jun 1, 2017
Why the 18-24 vote is crucial for this general election
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Jun 1, 2017
16-18 education funding to stay 10% below schools, report says
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Jun 1, 2017
Young voter turnout the reason why pollsters can’t agree on Tory election lead, says Newsnight reporter
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Jun 1, 2017
'He actually cares': why young voters are backing Corbyn's Labour
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Jun 1, 2017
The vocational election?
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Jun 1, 2017
Whether or not we create Institutes of Technology is not the immediate issue
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May 31, 2017
Protecting quality apprenticeship provision for all
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May 31, 2017
Sixth form college principal resigns with immediate effect
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May 30, 2017
The Baker Amendment
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May 30, 2017
New software helps students get further education funding by tackling one of their least favourite subjects
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May 30, 2017
Conservatives have been an 'unmitigated disaster' for education, says Sally Hunt
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May 27, 2017
Merger of two London colleges agreed
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May 26, 2017
Now is the time for a clear and ambitious vision on education
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May 26, 2017
In the news: 26 May 2017
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May 26, 2017
Transport needs to support students
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May 26, 2017
Why careers information is an indispensable part of your college's overall mission
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May 26, 2017
ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2017 to 2018
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May 26, 2017
Andrew Denholm: Uncertainty persists behind ‘delight’ of college pay deal
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May 26, 2017
Call to convert UTCs to 16 to 19 colleges
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May 25, 2017
Colleges yet to embrace digital learning, report finds
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May 25, 2017
Can data analytics give FE establishments the edge during stormy times?
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May 25, 2017
Chartered Institution for Further Education welcomes seventh member
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May 25, 2017
A year to get your act together: how universities and colleges should be preparing for new data regulations
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May 24, 2017
The Terrorism threat: what education institutions should consider
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May 24, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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May 24, 2017
UCU Congress: plans to 'name and shame colleges' revealed
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May 23, 2017
College student named as Manchester bombing victim
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May 23, 2017
To all our friends and colleagues in schools and colleges in and around Manchester
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May 23, 2017
Can a college chair of governors job share?
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May 23, 2017
Labour’s tuition fees pledge
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May 22, 2017
Green Party manifesto
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May 22, 2017
Recognising the value of colleges
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May 22, 2017
Forward together in the next major wave of technical education policy
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May 22, 2017
Making the skills market work should be our priority – not ending it
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May 22, 2017
Guardian Education Centre 15th anniversary: 15 things you may not know about us
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May 22, 2017
Daily roundup 22 May: Youth vote, free school meals, and out-of-area placements
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May 22, 2017
No vote, no say
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May 19, 2017
In the news: 19 May
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May 19, 2017
Three-quarters of Apprenticeships still delivered by independent training providers
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May 19, 2017
‘Forward, together’ or ‘more of the same’?
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May 19, 2017
In this week's Tes Further: GBBO's Prue Leith, manifesto mishaps and more
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May 19, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 19 May 2017
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May 19, 2017
Glacial progress exposed for colleges’ apprentice delivery
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May 19, 2017
Three-quarters of Apprenticeships still delivered by independent training providers
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May 19, 2017
College delays start time to get students 'match fit' for study
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May 19, 2017
Independent providers deliver three in four apprenticeships
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May 19, 2017
Conservative manifesto: What does it say about further education?
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May 18, 2017
Conservative manifesto pledges for FE and skills published
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May 18, 2017
Dozens more colleges now approved for apprenticeships
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May 18, 2017
UCU responds to Conservative manifesto immigration plans
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May 18, 2017
Conservative funding pledge is sleight of hand
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May 18, 2017
Conservative Party announces education pledges
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May 18, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 18 May 2017 (issue 173)
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May 18, 2017
ESFA update: May 2017
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May 17, 2017
Colleges need to 'look outside the sector' for ideas, says entrepreneur
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May 17, 2017
Lib Dems pledge £5.8bn for England's school budgets
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May 17, 2017
Chartered Institution for Further Education welcomes two new members
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May 17, 2017
Lib Dems would extend free childcare and triple EYPP
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May 17, 2017
John Swinney: ‘students may fail degrees because of strikes’
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May 17, 2017
Liberal Democrats and Labour recognise the importance of education funding
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May 17, 2017
College strike escalates as unions refuse John Swinney's plea to suspend action
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May 17, 2017
Scottish college lecturers urged to suspend strike action
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto pledges £25bn package for education
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May 16, 2017
Job cuts at Lewisham Southwark College 'unrelated' to merger
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May 16, 2017
Colleges scrap merger plans less than 3 months after announced
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto: What does it say about further education?
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May 16, 2017
Labour manifesto plans for FE and skills unveiled
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May 16, 2017
LRS: schedule for uploading ILR/NPD achievement data
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May 16, 2017
Protest at Lewisham Southwark College over job cuts
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May 16, 2017
Scottish Government planning more "hands-on" role in bitter college dispute
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May 16, 2017
Pay cut row at struggling north east college
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May 15, 2017
Colleges not on apprenticeships’ register still advertising vacancies
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May 15, 2017
Stick or twist - FE takes a gamble
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May 15, 2017
Key stakeholders explore different approaches to improve consistency in examining student work and degree comparability
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May 15, 2017
In the news: 12 May 2017
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May 12, 2017
Make Brexit a new start for UK international education
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May 12, 2017
Labour’s tuition fee pledge has given every student a reason to vote
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May 12, 2017
Ofsted watch: Three colleges slide to grade three
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May 12, 2017
Long-distance merger cleared despite council concerns
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May 12, 2017
NCG and Lewisham Southwark College agree merger
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May 12, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 12 May 2017
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May 12, 2017
Labour launches National Education Service
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May 12, 2017
The Global Search for Education: Meet the Ministers – from Scotland – John Swinney
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May 12, 2017
Reimagine Education - Why education colleges should think vertically not horizontally
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May 12, 2017
Ministers urged to step in over college strikes
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May 11, 2017
There’s no such thing as a VAT-free lunch, or is there…?
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May 11, 2017
UCU welcomes colleges' role in major new apprenticeship contract
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May 10, 2017
Colleges want more opportunities for students from the next Government
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May 10, 2017
The young people who don’t fall NEET-ly into the picture
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May 10, 2017
Labour hinting at major policy announcement on university tuition fees
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May 10, 2017
The Association of Colleges publishes its General Election Manifesto
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May 10, 2017
AoC manifesto calls for employer levy funding restrictions
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May 10, 2017
Labour hints that it will pledge to abolish university tuition fees
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May 10, 2017
Labour would 'scrap tuition fees once and for all', John McDonnell announces
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May 10, 2017
Angela Rayner: 'Labour will end the historic neglect of further education'
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May 10, 2017
Adecco Group finds that one in four UK employers have never considered employing apprentices
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May 10, 2017
Liberal Democrats pledge £660M funding boost for FE
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May 10, 2017
What are the Labour Party plans for FE?
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May 10, 2017
Angela Rayner hints at Labour manifesto pledge to scrap tuition fees
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May 10, 2017
Liberal Democrats announce education pledges
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May 10, 2017
Colleges call on the next Government to invest in more opportunities for students
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May 10, 2017
Labour Party announces education pledges
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May 10, 2017
Labour and Lib Dems promise billions of pounds for schools
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May 10, 2017
Labour unveils plans for national education service
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May 10, 2017
Educating students to be work ready
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May 10, 2017
General election 2017: Labour and Lib Dems pledge school cash
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May 10, 2017
Corbyn plans to hike corporation tax to 26% to fund spending spree on schools and grants for college students
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May 10, 2017
Lib Dems promise £660m boost to FE funding
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May 10, 2017
Corbyn to tax business and spend £30bn on education
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May 10, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn promises to halt Tory school cuts and reduce class sizes in £20bn education manifesto
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May 9, 2017
Labour pledge to stop adult learner fees would mean scrapping FE loans
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May 9, 2017
Labour pledges £6bn annual boost to school budgets
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May 9, 2017
UCU election manifesto calls for more investment in education
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May 9, 2017
Putting evidence at the heart of policymaking
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May 8, 2017
Schools and colleges combine to launch Support Our Sixth-formers campaign
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May 8, 2017
Support Our Sixth-formers campaign launched
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May 8, 2017
Colleges call for cash to address post-16 funding 'crisis'
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May 8, 2017
In the news: 5 May 2017
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May 5, 2017
Principal of York College announced as AoC President-elect
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May 5, 2017
Ofstedwatch: Contrasting fortunes for colleges
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May 5, 2017
Principal with 30 years’ experience named next AoC president
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May 5, 2017
Association of Colleges announce Dr Alison Birkinshaw, Principal of York College, as its President-elect
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May 5, 2017
Anger over campus closure after £6 million refurb
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May 5, 2017
Alison Birkinshaw to be next AoC president
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May 5, 2017
Leeds City College SU President is elected NUS Vice President
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May 5, 2017
Don’t shy away from campus grades
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May 5, 2017
Lowest percentage of colleges rated ‘outstanding’
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May 5, 2017
Curnock Cook: college applications 'natural territory' for Ucas
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May 5, 2017
Colleges block students from switching and ditching A levels
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May 5, 2017
More funding is needed for the ALN Bill to work (Wales)
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May 4, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 4 May 2017 (issue 172)
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May 4, 2017
Landmark European court ruling could see colleges refunded millions in VAT
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May 4, 2017
College crashes two grades from ‘outstanding’ after lengthy inspection wait
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May 4, 2017
Push for more Apprenticeships must continue, says AELP’s election manifesto
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May 3, 2017
AELP demands 4 million apprenticeship starts commitment
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May 3, 2017
50% of providers ignore course enquiries
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May 3, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data
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May 2, 2017
ILR specification, validation rules and appendices 2017 to 2018
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May 2, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR) specification 2017 to 2018
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May 2, 2017
Commissioner concerned over ‘strain’ on leaders running two colleges
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May 2, 2017
Ofsted: London college jumps from 'inadequate' to 'good'
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May 2, 2017
Students should have more time for well-being, say Health and Education Committees
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May 2, 2017
Large London college leaps two grades from inadequate
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May 2, 2017
Consolidation of training providers
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May 2, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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May 2, 2017
Ofsted watch: Concern over weak governance at Manchester provider
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Apr 28, 2017
‘Golden hello’ maths teacher recruitment drive flops
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Apr 28, 2017
Information for schools and sixth-form colleges about the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2017 to 2018 round
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Apr 28, 2017
Students selected for Team UK Abu Dhabi
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Apr 28, 2017
South-east triumphant at AoC sport championships
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Apr 28, 2017
Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in April 2017
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Apr 28, 2017
In the news: 28 April 2017
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Apr 28, 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill: Commons stages
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Apr 28, 2017
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Apr 28, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 28 April 2017
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Apr 28, 2017
Colleges spend more on principal pay while staff face pay freeze
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Apr 28, 2017
Members of WorldSkills Team UK unveiled
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Apr 28, 2017
Levy launch ‘horror’ story predicted following apprenticeship funding allocations
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Apr 27, 2017
Mayoral candidates asked to sign up to commitments on education and skills
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Apr 27, 2017
'FE has given me a major second chance' – meet FE's new student leader
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Apr 27, 2017
North London colleges' merger called off
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Apr 27, 2017
Former principals named on mayor’s Skills for Londoners taskforce
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Apr 27, 2017
Dear Robert, the apprenticeship allocation will cut our funding by over 80%
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Apr 27, 2017
College lecturers strike across Scotland over pay deal
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Apr 27, 2017
ESFA weekly round-up - Issue 356
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Apr 27, 2017
Bury College pulls out of merger with the University of Bolton
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Apr 26, 2017
ASCL calls on political parties to put an end to ‘scattergun’ reforms
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Apr 26, 2017
The next general election
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Apr 26, 2017
Statement from AELP’s CEO on non-levy apprenticeship allocations
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Apr 26, 2017
ESFA update: April 2017
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Apr 26, 2017
Highly unusual decision taken to extend principal’s notice period to full year
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Apr 26, 2017
FE champion Shakira Martin elected NUS president
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Apr 26, 2017
FE's Shakira Martin elected NUS president
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Apr 26, 2017
Merger between university and college cancelled
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Apr 26, 2017
Non-levy funding allocations sent to providers following tender pause
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Apr 26, 2017
How small changes can make a big difference in student attendance
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Apr 26, 2017
Further education is key to social mobility in Brexit Britain
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Apr 26, 2017
Department for Education 2017-18 Main Estimate Memorandum
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Apr 26, 2017
Ofsted 2017-18 Main Estimate Memorandum
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Apr 26, 2017
Colleges and universities urged to enter The Herald's prestigious Higher Education Awards
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Apr 26, 2017
College lecturers to strike after management talks fail to resolve dispute
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Apr 25, 2017
Technical and FE bill passes: what does it mean for the sector?
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Apr 25, 2017
Action needed to tackle hate crime in schools
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Apr 25, 2017
ESFA: current notices of concern
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Apr 25, 2017
Ministers must stop spreading bogus news about bogus colleges
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Apr 25, 2017
Union calls for close working between students and staff in further and higher education in fight for investment and social justice
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Apr 25, 2017
Restoring EMA set to be Labour manifesto pledge
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Apr 25, 2017
Meet the candidates for new NUS vice president for FE
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Apr 25, 2017
The Levy is here but will it deliver?
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Apr 25, 2017
Creating learning experiences, and spaces, for future students
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Apr 25, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Apr 25, 2017
How can schools prevent purdah purgatory paralysing student achievement?
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Apr 24, 2017
A first step to loans justice for learners in the lurch
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#SaveOurAdultEducation
Apr 24, 2017
Supported learners walk the catwalk to celebrate diversity in fashion
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Apr 24, 2017
DfE blasted for flip-flopping on GCSE maths and English resits
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Apr 24, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 205
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Apr 24, 2017
Tycoon Jim McColl lobbies Swinney over public funding for independent college project
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Apr 23, 2017
National charity opens London's first-ever autism college
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Apr 22, 2017
SFA financial assurance: funding assurance review programmes
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Apr 21, 2017
FE Colleges (England) - joint pay claim 2017/18
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Apr 21, 2017
Revealed: the best-paid college leaders in England
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Apr 21, 2017
In this week's Tes Further: an interview with Sir Frank McLoughlin on FE's new leadership programme
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Apr 21, 2017
Expansion plans with Saudi Colleges of Excellence revealed
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Apr 21, 2017
Staff anger at cash-strapped college’s new carpark charge
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Apr 21, 2017
EU students remain eligible for loans and grants in 2018-19
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Apr 21, 2017
National Careers Service has 'no positive impact' on employment
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Apr 21, 2017
Government secretly grading all colleges and training providers
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Apr 20, 2017
Agency boss writes warning letter to all college principals
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Apr 20, 2017
Agency writes to apprenticeship providers with further details on non-levy pause
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Apr 20, 2017
Specialist negotiators drafted in as college pay row intensifies
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Apr 20, 2017
Ones to watch at AoC Sport National Championships 2017
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Apr 20, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 20 April 2017 (issue 171)
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Apr 20, 2017
English and maths - opportunity or threat?
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Apr 20, 2017
Submission: #41 response to “Building our industrial strategy” green paper
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Apr 20, 2017
Halfon 'very hopeful' Technical and FE Bill will be passed before election
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Apr 19, 2017
ESFA update: April 2017
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Apr 19, 2017
Education at the heart of our plan for Britain - Justine Greening
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Apr 18, 2017
General Election called
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Apr 18, 2017
Delivering the extended work experience element of digital T-levels
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Apr 18, 2017
Cybersecurity: why the education sector can't afford not to invest
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Apr 13, 2017
ESFA e-bulletin: 13 April 2017 (issue 170)
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Apr 13, 2017
FE area reviews
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Apr 13, 2017
Glasgow college chief could see 50 per cent pay hike
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Apr 13, 2017
Confusion and anger as hundreds of apprenticeship providers left disappointed
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Apr 12, 2017
“Fundamental culture change” needed to address skills shortage in UK
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Apr 12, 2017
Apprenticeship procurement 'paused', ESFA announces
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Apr 12, 2017
Invitations now open for the phase 2 of the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund
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Apr 12, 2017
Apprenticeship procurement pause announced by ESFA
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Apr 12, 2017
ESFA update: April 2017
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Apr 12, 2017
ESFA: business update
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Apr 12, 2017
Scotland: College lecturers vote for strike action after ‘duplicity’ over pay deal
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Apr 12, 2017
Professor Julius Weinberg appointed next Chair of Ofsted
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Apr 11, 2017
Scotland’s college lecturers to strike over pay row
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Apr 11, 2017
FE principal: Education needs to 'be better'
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Apr 11, 2017
Former university leader appointed new Ofsted chair
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Apr 11, 2017
Scottish college lecturers back strike action
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Apr 11, 2017
New Ofsted chair unveiled
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Apr 11, 2017
Outstanding Ofsted verdict for private apprenticeships provider
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Apr 11, 2017
Here's how to meet the skills needs of future generations
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Apr 11, 2017
An increase in students subjected to hate crime and speech in the last year
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Apr 11, 2017
Lesson observation records: A plea to box makers and their tickers
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Apr 11, 2017
City college fights to keep £3m
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Apr 11, 2017
Ofstedwatch: the latest Ofsted reports for FE and skills
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Apr 11, 2017
English and maths GCSE resits not scrapped for 2017-18
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Apr 10, 2017
Financial accountability arrangements for colleges planning a merger
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Apr 10, 2017
Financial benchmarking tool for colleges
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Apr 10, 2017
One in four approved providers has no experience of apprenticeships
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Apr 5, 2017
Performance tables: approved qualifications and discount codes
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Apr 4, 2017
City and Guilds Group CEO received £690,000 in pay and benefits
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Apr 4, 2017
Sixth-form college sets up its own MAT after academy conversion
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Apr 4, 2017
You're hired? New levy and tougher rules signal apprenticeship shakeup
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Apr 4, 2017
Apprenticeship accountability statement
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Apr 3, 2017
Technical and Further Education Bill: Lords third reading
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Apr 3, 2017
Apprenticeship Accountability Statement
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Apr 3, 2017
Fresh perspectives on delivering a digital student experience in FE
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Apr 3, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships to ensure quality skills training
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Apr 3, 2017
HEFCE to regulate degree apprenticeships
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Apr 3, 2017
Quality settlement between Ofsted and HEFCE for apprenticeships
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Apr 3, 2017
Degree apprenticeships to be regulated by Hefce, not Ofsted
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Apr 3, 2017
Staff development: The easiest budget to cut (but should it be?)
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Apr 3, 2017
Lord Lingfield: Chartered Institution for FE needs to 'stand on its own feet'
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Apr 1, 2017
Unions accuse Cheshire colleges of "reckless behaviour" putting 90 jobs at risk
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Mar 31, 2017
How you can use enterprise to improve your college
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Mar 31, 2017
In the news: 31 March 2017
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#SaveOurAdultEducation
Mar 31, 2017
Rio Ferdinand: 'I'm all for adult education'
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Mar 31, 2017
In this week's Tes Further: How to survive a college merger
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Mar 31, 2017
Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in March 2017
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Mar 31, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 31 March 2017
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Mar 31, 2017
Ofsted watch: ‘Requires improvement’ for K College successor
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Mar 31, 2017
Scottish lecturers' demands 'could boost pay by up to 46%'
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Mar 31, 2017
Drop in international college students blamed on UK's 'unfriendly' image
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Mar 31, 2017
Influential group of MPs demand action over lack of apprenticeship assessment organisations
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Mar 31, 2017
Skills Funding Agency: common funding rules
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Mar 30, 2017
Minister slams ‘financial crisis’ college’s oversight of doomed First4Skills
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Mar 30, 2017
The language of FE or what does it all really mean?
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Mar 30, 2017
SFA update: March 2017
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Mar 29, 2017
LRS: monthly headline report
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Mar 29, 2017
New dawn for AoC Annual Conference
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Mar 29, 2017
Lords amendment to extend child benefit entitlement for apprentices
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Mar 29, 2017
First major principal leadership programme unveiled since LSIS closure
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Mar 29, 2017
A level class sizes and their cost efficiency
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Mar 29, 2017
Liberate new youth employment programme from Universal Credit - sector response
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Mar 29, 2017
Researchers tell DfE: 'Reducing the range of A-levels could tackle funding cuts'
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Mar 29, 2017
2017 National Apprentice Awards launched this week
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Mar 29, 2017
Garda College ‘kept secret bank accounts’
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Mar 29, 2017
GCSE grading goes ga-ga
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Mar 28, 2017
Government decides to retain Applied General qualifications
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Mar 28, 2017
'A step in the right direction': FE sector responds to GCSE resits U-turn
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Mar 28, 2017
DfE will scrap forced resits for GCSE English and maths
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Mar 28, 2017
GCSE resits will not be required for a grade 4, Greening announces
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Mar 28, 2017
Will T-levels follow the important role of BTECs in widening HE access?
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Mar 28, 2017
Apprenticeship standards
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Mar 28, 2017
New GCSE 9-1 grading expectations
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Mar 28, 2017
Ofqual should not have double standards
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Mar 27, 2017
The National Apprenticeship Awards 2017 kicks off today, when the application site opens for entries.
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Mar 27, 2017
North-South divide will be widened by new £2bn-a-year apprenticeship scheme, finds think tank
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Mar 27, 2017
Why is the NHS London Procurement Partnership charging fees to apprenticeship providers?
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Mar 27, 2017
Removal of apprenticeship frameworks
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Mar 27, 2017
FE Choices Learner and Employer Satisfaction Surveys 2015 to 2016
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Mar 27, 2017
Whole FE sector backs #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign
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Mar 27, 2017
Technology in education: top marks or room for improvement?
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Mar 27, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 204
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Mar 27, 2017
The chaos of apprenticeship reform
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Mar 27, 2017
Degree apprenticeships are not just a local phenomenon
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Mar 27, 2017
Meet Lancashire's youngest English teachers
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Mar 25, 2017
Training providers spend thousands on consultants to get on new apprenticeship register
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Mar 25, 2017
Panel debates end-point assessment and RoATP
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Mar 24, 2017
Gordon Marsden lays out Labour’s FE policy objectives
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Mar 24, 2017
Editor Asks: Amanda Spielman, chief inspector, Ofsted
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Mar 24, 2017
No growth projections for Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers
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Mar 24, 2017
Digital skills: Let's unleash Britain's potential
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Mar 24, 2017
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Mar 24, 2017
In this week's Tes Further: Why an obsession with success is setting FE up for failure
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Mar 24, 2017
In the news: 24 March 2017
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Mar 24, 2017
Conference news and more in March’s Supporting Learners News
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Mar 24, 2017
Apprenticeship providers warned not to sacrifice quality
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Mar 24, 2017
Ofqual boss: lack of end point assessment organisations is ‘not irresponsible’
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Mar 24, 2017
TES FE podcast – GCSE 'confusion', major FE research and pregnancy perils
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Mar 24, 2017
College on ‘lock down’ due to security threat
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Mar 24, 2017
Ofsted watch: Another UTC hit with poor grade
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Mar 24, 2017
MPs queue up to blast apprenticeships register omissions
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Mar 24, 2017
‘Mandatory training’ for untested apprenticeship providers on register
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Mar 24, 2017
College lecturers balloted on strike action over pay
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Mar 24, 2017
NHS defends apprenticeship brokerage fees
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Mar 24, 2017
Broker fees are back again
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Mar 24, 2017
EEF funds major trials to help learners ‘make the grade’ in GCSE resits
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Mar 24, 2017
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
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Mar 24, 2017
New GCSE grades cause 'confusion' in colleges' entry requirements
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Mar 24, 2017
Student satisfaction higher at training providers than colleges
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Mar 23, 2017
Colleges offer more work experience to SEND learners than schools, study shows
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Mar 23, 2017
The right skills and investment is critical in today's digital world
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Mar 23, 2017
Where will apprenticeship reforms take us in next three years?
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Mar 23, 2017
FE data library: further education and skills
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Mar 23, 2017
FE data library: vocational qualifications
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Mar 23, 2017
Further education and skills: March 2017
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Mar 23, 2017
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Mar 23, 2017
Learner satisfaction survey 2015 to 2016: national reporting
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Mar 23, 2017
Statistics: further education and skills
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Mar 23, 2017
FE data library: apprenticeships
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Mar 23, 2017
England alone with end-point assessment-only apprenticeships
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Mar 22, 2017
The new Register of Approved Training Providers – just what happened?
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Mar 22, 2017
Delegates flood to Birmingham for FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeships Conference
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Mar 22, 2017
UK's largest jobseeker support programme closes to referrals with over 800,000 helped into work
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Mar 22, 2017
National Apprenticeship Week initiative helps young people 'See Things Differently'
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Mar 22, 2017
SFA update: March 2017
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Mar 22, 2017
Invigorating the industrial strategy with new digital meaning
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Mar 22, 2017
#SaveOurAdultEducation: Senior peer tries to protect future learners over loan debts
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Mar 21, 2017
Providers for SMEs left 'frustrated' by lack of information on RoATP
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Mar 21, 2017
Non-levy allocations no longer ruled out for unsuccessful colleges
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Mar 21, 2017
RoATP – new window open: webinar details
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Mar 21, 2017
Register of apprenticeship training providers
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Mar 21, 2017
Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply
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Mar 21, 2017
LRS latest release guidance
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Mar 21, 2017
Work experience and related activities in schools and colleges
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Mar 21, 2017
Outcome of Apprenticeship non-levy procurement
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Mar 21, 2017
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Mar 21, 2017
Sillars calls for SNP rebellion over ‘named person’ scheme
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Mar 21, 2017
Making sense of the 20% off-the-job apprenticeship funding rule
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Mar 20, 2017
John Swinney told to ‘do a Hammond’ over Named Person scheme
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Mar 20, 2017
Minister wrongly claims there are no grade four providers on new apprenticeships register
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Mar 20, 2017
Politician launches 'fightback' after Midlands colleges left off RoATP
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Mar 20, 2017
Unsuccessful applicants can reapply for apprenticeships register from tomorrow… but deadline is tight
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Mar 20, 2017
SFA apprenticeship funding rules strengthened to deter employer kick-backs
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Mar 20, 2017
Damning Ofsted report that caused downfall of huge provider published
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Mar 20, 2017
RoATP – the case for market entrants
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Mar 20, 2017
More than half of apprenticeship standards still have no assessor
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Mar 20, 2017
Removal of apprenticeship frameworks
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Mar 20, 2017
Employer guide to apprenticeships
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Mar 20, 2017
A guide to apprenticeships
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Mar 20, 2017
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Mar 20, 2017
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Mar 20, 2017
A parent’s guide to apprenticeships
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Mar 20, 2017
Brexit: A silver lining for FE?
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Mar 20, 2017
Gateshead woman gains skills and confidence to get back into work
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Mar 19, 2017
Six tools for student entrepreneurs
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Mar 17, 2017
Major provider chaired by ex-SFA boss calls in administrators
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Mar 17, 2017
Postgrad apprenticeships: ready for take-off
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Mar 17, 2017
GCSE resits cause 'significant problems', says Ofsted boss
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Mar 17, 2017
In this week's TES Further: The unintended consequences of exam reform
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Mar 17, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships most popular for external quality assurance
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Mar 17, 2017
Struggling college has ‘agreed to release’ principal
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted watch: sixth form college plummets after 10-year inspection wait
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Mar 17, 2017
HMCI Amanda Spielman's first major FE speech
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Mar 17, 2017
No Birmingham colleges make apprenticeships register
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Mar 17, 2017
I wouldn't 'trust' the new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers
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Mar 17, 2017
Outrage at decision to widen admissions for small sixth form
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Mar 17, 2017
Sector in shock: Apprenticeship provider register winners and losers
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted boss commits to more ‘positive and purposeful’ approach to FE
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Mar 17, 2017
Spielman vows to 'reset' Ofsted's relationship with FE sector
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Mar 17, 2017
Initial Teacher Education report published
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Mar 17, 2017
Slides available: funding rules – deep dive for new providers
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Mar 17, 2017
Apprenticeship funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018
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Mar 17, 2017
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Mar 17, 2017
Advanced learner loans funding rules 2016 to 2017
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Mar 17, 2017
Amanda Spielman's speech at the Association of Colleges Ofsted conference: 'A new direction'
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Mar 17, 2017
In the news: 17 March 2017
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted Chief Inspector's first speech on post-16 education
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Mar 17, 2017
Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers published
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Mar 17, 2017
Navigating the Apprenticeship Levy lies in information management
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Mar 17, 2017
Identifying the potential for creating new apprenticeships in your region
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Mar 17, 2017
FE teacher training falls by a fifth in a year
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Mar 17, 2017
National College fails to make Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers
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Mar 16, 2017
£55m cuts to support services 'incredibly unfair'
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Mar 16, 2017
Why is there no appeals process for the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers?
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Mar 16, 2017
‘Don’t call us lazy!’ Students call for activity tracking apps to be let loose on the education sector
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Mar 16, 2017
Supporting student funding applications for colleges
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Mar 16, 2017
A-level attainment gap revealed in new ‘disadvantage’ measure
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Mar 16, 2017
Free school A-level dropouts among highest, and 3 more findings from 16-18 league tables
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Mar 16, 2017
Industry partnerships are key to closing the skills gap
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Mar 16, 2017
Disabled apprentices – forthcoming guide for union representatives
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Mar 16, 2017
School performance tables: about the data
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Mar 16, 2017
Independent special schools and colleges
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Mar 16, 2017
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Mar 16, 2017
Nashville's Career Academies - music city's greatest export?
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Mar 16, 2017
Uncertain future for 900 learners as Chesterfield provider calls in administrators
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Mar 15, 2017
Who's been approved to deliver apprenticeships?
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Mar 15, 2017
What is the sector response to the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP)?
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Mar 15, 2017
Company shuts down just days before SFA gives them green light for apprenticeship delivery
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Mar 15, 2017
Student stabbed outside College of North West London
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Mar 15, 2017
Colleges delivering hundreds of apprenticeships ‘surprised’ to be left off new provider register
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Mar 15, 2017
The final pieces of the new apprenticeship jigsaw fall into place
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Mar 15, 2017
SFA & DfE Publish Apprenticeship Training Providers Register
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Mar 15, 2017
John’s journey from apprentice to running an £85 million business
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Mar 15, 2017
SFA update: March 2017
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Mar 15, 2017
SFA growth request
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Mar 15, 2017
SFA: funding rates and formula
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Mar 15, 2017
Next steps for IoTs
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Mar 15, 2017
SFA: current notices of concern
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Mar 15, 2017
More than 1,300 apprenticeship providers get green light
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Mar 14, 2017
SFA delays announcement of allocations for non-levy funding
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Mar 14, 2017
Top quality apprenticeship training providers confirmed in new register
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Mar 14, 2017
Skills funding letter: April 2017 to March 2018
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Mar 14, 2017
Halfon sets out priorities for 2017-18 in skills funding letter
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Mar 14, 2017
Top-quality training providers announced in new register
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Mar 14, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR): check that data is accurate
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Mar 14, 2017
Skills funding letter: April 2017 to March 2018
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Mar 14, 2017
Register of apprenticeship training providers
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Mar 14, 2017
Championing success through competitions
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Mar 14, 2017
Schools face ‘GCSE crisis’ as just 12% of students pass English and maths resits by age 19
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Mar 14, 2017
One in 10 GCSE resit students gets C grade by 19
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Mar 14, 2017
FE policy too 'complex and changeable', report says
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Mar 14, 2017
Full Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers finally published
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Mar 13, 2017
Jubilation for some as results come in for new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers
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Mar 13, 2017
UTC joining college-backed multi academy trust after Ofsted blow
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Mar 13, 2017
Parental snootiness over practical courses must be shelved if T-Levels are to succeed
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Mar 13, 2017
Guildford UTC becomes latest university technical college project to be abandoned
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Mar 13, 2017
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Mar 13, 2017
The UK needs to demonstrate global skills standards
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Mar 13, 2017
How Toyota uses skills competitions to develop its workforce
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Mar 13, 2017
Studio school to stop recruiting from 14 and become sixth form
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Mar 13, 2017
Universities and colleges receive £2.45 million to tackle sexual harassment
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Mar 13, 2017
Justine Greening speaks to school and college leaders about the teaching profession and the recruitment and retention package
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Mar 13, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 202
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Mar 13, 2017
Are governors responsible for sub-contractors?
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Mar 13, 2017
RoATP support webinars - new dates
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Mar 13, 2017
The Dyson institute will fill a vacuum in education
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Mar 13, 2017
The students teaching the teachers how to use tech
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Mar 12, 2017
What happened during National Apprenticeship Week 2017?
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Mar 12, 2017
Government considers legislation change to protect learners with loans when providers go bust
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Mar 11, 2017
Ofsted watch: College bounces back from inadequate to good
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Mar 10, 2017
Will the Institute for Apprenticeships succeed?
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Mar 10, 2017
Apprenticeship frameworks could be discontinued without SFA approval
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Mar 10, 2017
It’s time to back T-levels
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Mar 10, 2017
Cherry picking ministers threaten the careers strategy
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Mar 10, 2017
More loans misery as provider goes under
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Mar 10, 2017
SFA blasted over ‘mystery shopper’ scheme
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Mar 10, 2017
Unison: First4Skills collapse ‘could have broken the law’
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Mar 10, 2017
National Apprenticeship Week is unlike any other week
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Mar 10, 2017
Gordon Marsden MP: Chancellor's Budget proposals are a 'soufflé of jargon'
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Mar 10, 2017
Are you ready for the Apprenticeship Levy?
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Mar 10, 2017
Apprenticeships – what goes around comes around?
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Mar 10, 2017
Develop your people, shape the future – Degree Apprenticeships at Northumbria University
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Mar 10, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 10 March 2017
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Mar 10, 2017
The 10th National Apprenticeship Week 2017 ends on a high
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Mar 10, 2017
In the news: 10 March 2017
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Mar 10, 2017
Colleges could be out of pocket despite £500m funding boost
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Mar 10, 2017
NAW Supplement 2017
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Mar 10, 2017
Educators: are you scaling the social media mountain?
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Mar 9, 2017
How employers see degree apprenticeships
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Mar 9, 2017
Degree apprenticeships taking off
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Mar 9, 2017
UCU responds to degree apprenticeships report
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Mar 9, 2017
Report predicts significant increase in the number of degree apprenticeships
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Mar 9, 2017
'T-levels' aim to improve technical education and improve UK productivity
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Mar 9, 2017
LRS latest release guidance
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Mar 9, 2017
LRS: help and support
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Mar 9, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR): sources of data
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Mar 9, 2017
Why we need more degree apprenticeships
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Mar 9, 2017
AELP Annual Report 2015/16
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Mar 9, 2017
AELP statement on the Chancellor’s Budget
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Mar 9, 2017
Universities UK predicts significant increase in degree apprenticeships
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Mar 9, 2017
Degree apprenticeships set to soar 650% in three years, report predicts
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Mar 9, 2017
Training Needs Analysis: FE and Training bodies to cooperate
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Mar 8, 2017
Progress on technical education is overdue
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Mar 8, 2017
£500m earmarked for technical education
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Mar 8, 2017
Halfon: number of female Stem apprentices 'has got to change'
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Mar 8, 2017
College student: the budget puts business before our education
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Mar 8, 2017
SFA unveils ‘mystery shopper’ scheme to test how ready providers are for apprenticeship reforms
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Mar 8, 2017
Apprentice Assessment Organisations – a step forward for apprentices
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Mar 8, 2017
Budget 2017: Sector hails Hammond’s ‘breakthrough budget’ for skills
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Mar 8, 2017
A round-up of key events happening during National Apprenticeships Week 2017
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Mar 8, 2017
Budget: T levels will raise the status of technical education, says chancellor
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Mar 8, 2017
SFA update: March 2017
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Mar 8, 2017
Sector response to the Chancellor’s Spring Budget 2017
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Mar 8, 2017
Levy confusion: Final SFA apprenticeship allocation meeting cancelled
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Mar 8, 2017
Are you getting ready for degree apprenticeships?
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Mar 8, 2017
Hold on – there’s a hitch in the £500m promise
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Mar 8, 2017
21st century rail apprenticeships: How to attract millennials
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Mar 8, 2017
Does the 2017 Budget help extend opportunity to all of our young people?
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Mar 8, 2017
NASUWT comments on education post-16 Budget measures
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Mar 8, 2017
Spring Budget gives rare prominence to technical education
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Mar 8, 2017
National Apprenticeship Week 2017 - as it happens
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Mar 8, 2017
SFA: business update
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Mar 8, 2017
Aeronautical apprentice encourages Welsh youngsters to compete in UK’s largest skills competition
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Mar 8, 2017
Enter more female apprentices for skills competitions – it’s worth it!
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Mar 8, 2017
National Apprenticeship Week: three things to remember when preparing for the levy
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Mar 8, 2017
Scotland resumes push for ‘named child’ policy
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Mar 7, 2017
‘Named person’ plans to be delayed until after new legislation
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Mar 7, 2017
Further delay for Named Person scheme
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Mar 7, 2017
When is an apprentice not an apprentice?
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Mar 7, 2017
National Apprenticeship Week 2017: More than 10,000 back world record attempt through giant careers advice assembly
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Mar 7, 2017
Shakira Martin to stand for NUS president
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Mar 7, 2017
'2017 will be transformative for apprenticeships'
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Mar 7, 2017
'It's always so varied': an apprentice's view of joining the civil service
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Mar 7, 2017
FE champion Shakira Martin standing for NUS president
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Mar 7, 2017
This is how you lead a STEM revolution
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Mar 7, 2017
Engineering apprenticeship: a different tunnel vision
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Mar 7, 2017
Why apprentices are the comeback kids
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Mar 7, 2017
Why apprenticeships are working
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Mar 7, 2017
Apprenticeship: the qualification employers seek
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Mar 7, 2017
Find the right apprenticeship for you
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Mar 7, 2017
Why an accountancy apprenticeship adds up to degree-level career
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Mar 7, 2017
Higher apprenticeships: the best of both worlds
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Mar 7, 2017
Skills shortage nation research – the importance of employer commitment to apprenticeships
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Mar 7, 2017
Protests at Ealing college on Friday in row over axing of A-levels
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Mar 7, 2017
Why I chose the degree apprenticeship route
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Mar 7, 2017
Helena Kennedy: ‘We’re making a society that’s hard, where only money matters’
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Mar 7, 2017
Skills in Brexit Britain: a lot done, a lot to do
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Mar 7, 2017
National Apprenticeship Week 2017 - as it happens
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Mar 7, 2017
The Apprenticeship Levy: Why the government needs to get it right
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Mar 7, 2017
FE data library: apprenticeship vacancies
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Mar 7, 2017
Three new apprenticeship standards for healthcare support workers in England now ready for use
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Mar 7, 2017
Launch of the 10th annual National Apprenticeship Week 2017
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Mar 6, 2017
Third largest awarding organisation pulls out of apprenticeship market
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Mar 6, 2017
More to industrial strategy than picking winners
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Mar 6, 2017
Why I chose an apprenticeship
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Mar 6, 2017
Why completing an apprenticeship was the right thing for me
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Mar 6, 2017
'Delighted': FE sector welcomes additional funding for T levels
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Mar 6, 2017
The ladder of opportunity: an apprentice's story
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Mar 6, 2017
11 activities you have to try at SkillsCymru Carmarthenshire
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Mar 6, 2017
Making sense of the plans for T-Levels
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Mar 6, 2017
AELP welcomes Chancellor’s new investment in technical education
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Mar 6, 2017
SFA funding allocations to training providers: 2016 to 2017
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Mar 6, 2017
Launch of the 10th annual National Apprenticeship Week 2017
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Mar 6, 2017
Degree apprenticeships on the eve of the levy
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Mar 6, 2017
Timpson announces £215m to improve school SEND facilities
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Mar 6, 2017
Volunteer school mentor numbers top 1,300
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Mar 6, 2017
Sainsbury’s Delivery: Technical education, employer leadership and careers guidance
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Mar 6, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 201
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Mar 6, 2017
The chancellor must back #SaveOurAdultEducation
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Mar 6, 2017
To increase social mobility, invest in adult education
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Mar 6, 2017
Premier League clubs to pay £10m towards apprenticeship levy
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Mar 6, 2017
Cornwall educators get a lesson in STEM
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Mar 5, 2017
New 'T-levels' to replace thousands of post-16 vocational qualifications
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Mar 5, 2017
Major new investment in technical education
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Mar 5, 2017
Hammond puts aside £500m to fill post-Brexit skills gap
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Mar 5, 2017
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Mar 5, 2017
Budget 2017: Major technical education reforms will make vocational qualifications 'equal' to A Levels
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Mar 5, 2017
Hammond to spend £500m a year on technical education reforms
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Mar 5, 2017
Budget will give green light to FE maintenance loans, which is a step in the right direction
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Mar 4, 2017
Chancellor to announce 'over £500m' per year in extra funding for post-16 skills reform
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Mar 4, 2017
Flock of chickens saved from avian flu by team of students
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Mar 4, 2017
College's foundation learners star in national safeguarding resource ... as puppets
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Mar 4, 2017
Scottish colleges threaten industrial action
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Mar 4, 2017
Scottish lecturers vote in favour of strike action
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Mar 3, 2017
College lecturers back industrial action over lack of progress since pay deal
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Mar 3, 2017
In this week's TES Further: The apprentices working at Windsor Castle
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Mar 3, 2017
What’s on during National Apprenticeship Week 2017: Climbing the ladder of opportunity
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Mar 3, 2017
Early years educator apprenticeship requirement u-turn confirmed
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Mar 3, 2017
College governors brand SFA’s new apprenticeship contracts ‘ludicrous’
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Mar 3, 2017
TUC Education Update February 2017
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Mar 3, 2017
Banned subcontracting hidden through widespread ‘associate partnerships’
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Mar 3, 2017
AELP strengthens its capacity with two senior appointments
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Mar 3, 2017
Blended learning: what’s in it for the learner? A Digifest debate
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Mar 3, 2017
Government’s Industrial Strategy – seemingly significant shift from 40-year orthodoxy but little evidence of a long-term strategy
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Mar 3, 2017
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Mar 3, 2017
Performance tables: approved qualifications and discount codes
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Mar 3, 2017
Ofqual conference 2017 - presentations from the day
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Mar 3, 2017
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Mar 3, 2017
In the news: 3 March 2017
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Mar 3, 2017
Minorities are missing out on apprenticeships, research shows
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Mar 3, 2017
‘Apprentices to MPs go on to great things’
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Mar 3, 2017
DfE: Learners and employers “expect nothing less” than a successful apprenticeships system
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Mar 2, 2017
Fifteenth studio school set to close out of 36 nationwide
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Mar 2, 2017
Sally Hunt wins UCU re-election
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Mar 2, 2017
RateMyApprenticeship releases key facts & figures ahead of National Apprenticeship Week
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Mar 2, 2017
National Apprenticeship Week 2017
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Mar 2, 2017
Struggling college bailed out by SFA after bank refusal
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Mar 2, 2017
Redundancy plans at Grimsby Institute would hit vulnerable students
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Mar 2, 2017
Sally Hunt returned as UCU general secretary
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Mar 2, 2017
Submission: #39 AELP response to: Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA): Driving the Quality of Apprenticeships in England (Draft Operational Plan)
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Mar 2, 2017
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Mar 2, 2017
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Mar 2, 2017
SFA already finding ineligible employer incentives and will ‘stengthen’ funding rules
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Mar 2, 2017
My manifesto for education: Scrap the current curriculum & bring in the industry innovators
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Mar 1, 2017
Government is making dangerous errors on apprenticeship assessment
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Mar 1, 2017
Edinburgh college lecturers to go on strike
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Mar 1, 2017
Theresa May: 'All colleges should be reaching towards TES FE Awards standards'
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Mar 1, 2017
Film industry education boss lands ‘hand grenade’ assessment job at Institute for Apprenticeships
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Mar 1, 2017
Union responds to Hull College chief executive's decision to step down
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Mar 1, 2017
AELP collects evidence ahead of lobbying on funding for maths and English
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Mar 1, 2017
OTLA Technical Skills programme deadline extended to 10am 10 March 2017
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Mar 1, 2017
Hull College Group chief executive departs after financial mess exposed
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Mar 1, 2017
Promoting apprenticeship vacancies through the National Apprenticeship Service
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Mar 1, 2017
SFA update: March 2017
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Mar 1, 2017
Love learning. Love earning. Loveapprenticeship.com
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Mar 1, 2017
First sixth form college converts to academy status today
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Mar 1, 2017
New careers advice Bill reaches second reading
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Feb 28, 2017
Lords Pass Technical and Further Education Bill Amendment so pupils and businesses can meet in schools for tailored careers development
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Feb 28, 2017
#SaveOurAdultEducation call for loans justice is raised in House of Lords
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Feb 28, 2017
Ofqual challenges ‘blurred’ responsibilities in apprenticeship programme
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Feb 28, 2017
New equality, diversity and inclusion course launched
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Feb 28, 2017
Education spending across the age range
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Feb 28, 2017
UTCs and STEM
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Feb 28, 2017
Using the register of apprentice assessment organisations
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Feb 28, 2017
Nic Dakin MP: It should not be unnecessarily difficult for students to access information about their future
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Feb 28, 2017
Why we need to bring the work place closer
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Feb 28, 2017
Schools are useless at preparing students for technical careers
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Feb 28, 2017
Principal of Glasgow college to retire with pay-off
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Feb 28, 2017
Schools don't understand the skills employers need, Stem workers say
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Feb 28, 2017
Parliamentary launch for FE Week’s Save Our Adult Education campaign draws huge support
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Feb 27, 2017
Spring Budget 2017: Three key recommendations
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Feb 27, 2017
Exam board faces £50,000 Ofqual fine for handling of qualifications fraud case
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Feb 27, 2017
Antony Jenkins is formally appointed chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships
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Feb 27, 2017
Check if your London nursery, school or college is exposed to toxic air
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Feb 27, 2017
Glasgow Clyde principal to retire
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Feb 27, 2017
New university-level centre to offer degree apprenticeships
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Feb 27, 2017
Sector response to IFS report findings that funding per FE student, no higher than 30 years ago!
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Feb 27, 2017
First sixth-form college to convert this week
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Feb 27, 2017
Former ‘outstanding’ college’s Oftsed rating slumps after first inspection for decade
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Feb 27, 2017
Another 100 students left with FE loans and no courses after demise of provider Edudo
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Feb 27, 2017
New Institute of Technology to address apprenticeship and skills shortages in West London
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Feb 27, 2017
ATL comment on the Institute for Fiscal Studies - Long-run comparisons of spending per pupil across different stages of education
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Feb 27, 2017
FE and sixth forms to suffer from 30 years without additional funding
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Feb 27, 2017
IFS: School pupil funding cuts 'deepest for 30 years'
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Feb 27, 2017
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Feb 27, 2017
AELP welcomes acceptance of ‘Baker clause’ on careers advice in schools
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Feb 27, 2017
UCU response to IFS report on education funding
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Feb 27, 2017
Who were the winners at the TES FE Awards 2017?
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Feb 27, 2017
Manchester merger scrapped by FE Commissioner
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Feb 27, 2017
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Feb 27, 2017
English schools ‘face 6.5% cut’ in funding by 2020
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Feb 27, 2017
FE and sixth forms to suffer from 30 years without additional funding
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Feb 27, 2017
Older teenagers face biggest funding cuts, says think tank
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Feb 27, 2017
School funding ‘done rather well’ and it’s cuts to 16-18 that’s the ‘bigger story’ claims Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Feb 27, 2017
UK schools 'to be hit with first real-time funding cuts in 20 years'
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Feb 27, 2017
FE funding level 'no higher than 30 years ago'
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Feb 27, 2017
MasterChef winner fully committed to college sector
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Feb 26, 2017
Patisserie student secures job at The Ritz after a week's work experience
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Feb 25, 2017
Ideal Home Show hires student designers for the first time in its history
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Feb 25, 2017
DfE’s long-awaited workload report shows us nothing new - ATL
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Feb 24, 2017
TES FE Awards 2017: the winners
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Feb 24, 2017
In the news: 24 February
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Feb 24, 2017
Colleges welcome new apprenticeship subcontracting rules
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Feb 24, 2017
Leaked briefing document reveals £170 million Institutes of Technology could be with ‘wholly new’ institutions
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Feb 24, 2017
Ofsted watch: FE college overcomes 'inadequate' period
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Feb 24, 2017
In this week's TES Further: Why expanding colleges mustn’t lose their heart
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Feb 24, 2017
London college area review reports published
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Feb 24, 2017
Rule change could price assessors out of running apprenticeship exams
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Feb 24, 2017
Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air
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Feb 24, 2017
Wave four area review reports and recommendations published
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Feb 24, 2017
Lord Baker scored a victory for FE
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Feb 24, 2017
Principal racked up £60k bill on overseas trips
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Feb 24, 2017
Ofsted could re-inspect after QAR loophole crackdown
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Feb 24, 2017
Individualised Learner Record (ILR)
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Feb 24, 2017
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Feb 24, 2017
Mind the [skills] gap
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Feb 24, 2017
Apprentices from less deprived areas than other FE students, research finds
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Feb 24, 2017
Education workers putting in long hours of unpaid overtime
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Feb 23, 2017
Careers advice amendment could give colleges access to schools
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Feb 23, 2017
Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in February 2017
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Feb 23, 2017
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Feb 23, 2017
Advanced learner loan applications: February 2017
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Feb 23, 2017
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Feb 23, 2017
Apprenticeship standards in development
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Feb 23, 2017
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Feb 23, 2017
SFA: communications update
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Feb 23, 2017
Nic Dakin MP's Ten Minute Rule Bill on careers advice and access to schools
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Feb 23, 2017
Councils paid £100k to write to parents about UTCs
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Feb 23, 2017
Changes to justice system will affect those working in FE colleges
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Feb 23, 2017
Ministers must put education at the heart of prison reform, says UCU
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Feb 23, 2017
The importance of the right investment
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Feb 23, 2017
Response to HEPI - reforming BTECs
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Feb 23, 2017
There’s plenty of hope for Neets. I should know – I was one | Helena Kiely
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Feb 23, 2017
Schools could be forced to allow colleges access to students
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Feb 23, 2017
Applications open for 750 Fast Track Apprenticeships in England, Scotland and Wales
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Feb 23, 2017
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Feb 23, 2017
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Feb 23, 2017
Baker victory will force ‘hostile’ schools to give FE providers access to students
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Feb 23, 2017
‘Baker clause’ will force hostile schools to open doors to FE
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Feb 23, 2017
Bid to force ‘hostile’ schools to promote technical education succeeds
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Feb 23, 2017
Higher education institutions could do more to help BTEC students, says new HEPI report
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Feb 23, 2017
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Feb 23, 2017
BTEC students face 'glass ceiling', report suggests
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Feb 23, 2017
Schools must help students choose BTEC qualifications most valued by universities, says report
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Feb 23, 2017
SFA update: February 2017
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Feb 22, 2017
SFA financial assurance: monitoring the funding rules
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Feb 22, 2017
Removal of apprenticeship frameworks
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Feb 22, 2017
Post 16 education in Torfaen. Concern grows over Torfaen sixth form proposals
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Feb 22, 2017
Government tight-lipped over second allocation window for register of apprenticeship training providers
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Feb 22, 2017
New jobs dashboard allows providers to explore local employment and skills needs
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Feb 22, 2017
Spring Learning Rep focuses on Apprenticeships
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Feb 22, 2017
Apprenticeships crucial to Northern Powerhouse, report claims
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Feb 22, 2017
'Fascists!' Nigel Farage rages at UK's education system for being 'hijacked by liberals'
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Feb 21, 2017
NAW 2017: templates
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Feb 21, 2017
Key facts about apprenticeships
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Feb 21, 2017
Toolkits and resources to support National Apprenticeship Week 2017
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Feb 21, 2017
Consultation questions future of construction industry training boards after apprenticeship levy launch
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Feb 21, 2017
Sector Response to the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network
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Feb 21, 2017
Halfon launches new Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network
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Feb 21, 2017
George Osborne's flagship apprenticeship scheme 'will deepen regional inequalities'
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Feb 21, 2017
New Chief Executive appointed for leading Welsh awarding body
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Feb 21, 2017
UTCs are not the problem
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Feb 21, 2017
Cappuccino with extra Italian? Pop-up classes bring a buzz to adult learning
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Feb 21, 2017
College staff to strike over suspended colleague
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Feb 20, 2017
The neglectful bias against vocational training | Letters
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Feb 20, 2017
Half of businesses consider hiring apprentices to fill post-Brexit skills gap
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Feb 20, 2017
Awarding, assessment and apprenticeship reform?
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Feb 20, 2017
Strike action at College of North West London on Thursday
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Feb 20, 2017
Comedy star returns to college to impart wisdom to aspiring media students
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Feb 20, 2017
Regional disparities will be widened by new government apprenticeship levy
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Feb 20, 2017
New initiative to boost disadvantaged groups in work
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Feb 20, 2017
Double standards, social mobility and the degree apprenticeships maze
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Feb 20, 2017
How does Ofsted know whether work experience is high quality?
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Feb 20, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 199
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Feb 20, 2017
We cannot be all things to all people
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Feb 20, 2017
Chartered College of Teaching to consider new route for FE teachers
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Feb 19, 2017
SFA apprenticeship contract creates risks for employers
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Feb 19, 2017
Skills 2030: Why the adult skills system is failing to build an economy that works for everyone
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Feb 18, 2017
National Star College students print 3D map to help blind friend navigate college
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Feb 18, 2017
Week in news: 17 February 2017
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Feb 17, 2017
Former Tory education secretaries Gove and Baker clash over university technical colleges
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Feb 17, 2017
Ofsted watch: week of two halves for FE providers
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Feb 17, 2017
In this week's TES Further: Could EuroSkills be coming to the UK?
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Feb 17, 2017
Michael Gove is spouting 'ill-informed rubbish' about technical colleges, says Lord Baker
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Feb 17, 2017
Government wants £140k-a-year director to oversee area reviews
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Feb 17, 2017
Learners plead with government to end loan misery after provider collapse
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Feb 17, 2017
End adult learner debt for cancelled courses
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Feb 17, 2017
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Feb 17, 2017
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Feb 17, 2017
Flexible approaches are key to the Brexit response
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Feb 17, 2017
Funding cuts put farming apprenticeships at risk
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Feb 17, 2017
Apprentices lack support, says Labour
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Feb 17, 2017
ERSA launches the Employability Awards 2017
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Feb 16, 2017
SFA close achievement rate “loophole” that boosted some provider rates by more than 20 percent
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Feb 16, 2017
Fairer funding means a fairer future
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Feb 16, 2017
‘Good’ Ofsted report finally unveiled for recently incorporated FE college, after 90-day wait
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Feb 16, 2017
A third of apprentices don't complete their apprenticeship, new figures reveal
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Feb 16, 2017
Further education and skills: January 2017
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Feb 16, 2017
FE data library: apprenticeships
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Feb 16, 2017
FE data library: other statistics and research
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Feb 16, 2017
FE data library: further education and skills
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Feb 16, 2017
Apprenticeship standards in development
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Feb 16, 2017
Apprenticeship achievement rate falls to 67 per cent under new method
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Feb 16, 2017
SFA: early termination of funding agreement - list of organisations
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Feb 16, 2017
Make funding 'fair' for post-16 learners, AoC tells chancellor
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Feb 16, 2017
Is skills policy now too ‘employer-led’?
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Feb 16, 2017
Lincoln College Group defends ‘isolated error’ after being named in minimum wage offenders' list
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Feb 15, 2017
SFA update: February 2017
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Feb 15, 2017
Holding out for a HeRo!
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Feb 15, 2017
Registration open for online apprenticeship service
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Feb 15, 2017
SFCA in the News
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Feb 15, 2017
Do apprenticeships have a bad image?
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Feb 15, 2017
Technical colleges are a failure, admits former education secretary Michael Gove
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Feb 14, 2017
Colleges stand by multi-million pound subcontractor despite insolvency issues
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Feb 14, 2017
Hull College Group silent on future of under fire chief executive
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Feb 14, 2017
DfE responds to City & Guilds recent Apprenticeship Levy Survey
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Feb 14, 2017
We need a proper framework for apprenticeships
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Feb 14, 2017
FE data library: apprenticeship vacancies
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Feb 14, 2017
Lecturers in dispute with colleges over pay deal delay
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Feb 14, 2017
Apprenticeship funding: how it will work
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Feb 13, 2017
Registration open for online apprenticeship service
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Feb 13, 2017
Union responds to report into Hull College and calls on CEO to resign
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Feb 13, 2017
DfE upate - Apprenticeship funding: how it will work
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Feb 13, 2017
College strike looms as union enters dispute
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Feb 13, 2017
Learndirect tops list of European Social Fund contracts with provision worth almost £50 million
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Feb 13, 2017
Minister backs early years educator u-turn as sector made to wait by PM’s office
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Feb 13, 2017
Employers 'unaware' of April apprenticeship plan
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Feb 13, 2017
Learning Rep - Spring 2017 Edition
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Feb 13, 2017
New legal apprenticeships contract between SFA and employers unveiled
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Feb 13, 2017
Students face disruption as lecturers threaten to strike over pay deal
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Feb 13, 2017
Third of employers paying levy in April don't know it exists yet, according to new report
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Feb 13, 2017
A third of businesses not 'fully informed' of apprenticeship levy, survey reveals
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Feb 13, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 10 February 2017
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Feb 10, 2017
Week in news: 10 February 2017
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Feb 10, 2017
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt uses Brexit speech to urge progressives to 'take back control'
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Feb 10, 2017
Geoff Barton wins election for ASCL General Secretary
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Feb 10, 2017
FE commissioner intervenes at Hull College over finance worries
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Feb 10, 2017
FE Commissioner intervention report exposes financial turmoil at Hull College Group
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Feb 10, 2017
Ofsted watch: No overall-improvement recognised in tough week for FE
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Feb 10, 2017
DfE provide info on what employers need to do to become an apprenticeship training provider.
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Feb 10, 2017
In this week's TES Further: Why education is under attack
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Feb 10, 2017
Colleges in line for funding boost for teaching and student support
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Feb 10, 2017
Gove admits the UTCs experiment has failed
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Feb 10, 2017
Digital Apprenticeship Service to be renamed prior to launch
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Feb 10, 2017
Further Education Commissioner intervention reports
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Feb 10, 2017
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Feb 10, 2017
'Second-class citizens': apprentices denied thousands in financial support
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Feb 10, 2017
Free school talks and workshops from volunteers who have taken a vocational route into their career
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Feb 9, 2017
SFA: course directory
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Feb 9, 2017
What does spaghetti, recruitment and the Levy have in common?
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Feb 9, 2017
‘I want to help students who don’t have experience’
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Feb 9, 2017
Technical college backed by Michael Gove to close as no pupils receive grade C or above in GCSEs
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Feb 8, 2017
Colleges referring students to A&E over mental health
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Feb 8, 2017
Grimsby Institute wins top AoC Beacon award
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Feb 8, 2017
FE choices: employer satisfaction survey – sample size calculator
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Feb 8, 2017
FE Choices: information for providers
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Feb 8, 2017
Employer satisfaction survey: provider guidance
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Feb 8, 2017
Support for mental health needed
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Feb 8, 2017
£9m Oldham 'poor performing' technical college to close
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Feb 8, 2017
Greater Manchester University Technical College set to close after zero pupils pass English and Maths GCSEs
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Feb 8, 2017
SFA update: February 2017
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Feb 8, 2017
Toolkits to help support National Apprenticeship Week 2017
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Feb 8, 2017
£9m Greater Manchester college closes after three years due to lack of pupils
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Feb 7, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 3 February 2017
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Feb 7, 2017
Convert to an academy: guide for sixth-form colleges
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Feb 7, 2017
Education Secretary visits Derby on opportunity areas tour
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Feb 7, 2017
ATL comment on colleges referring students with mental health issues to A&E
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Feb 7, 2017
Jobs at risk at Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
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Feb 7, 2017
UCU urges politicians to back EU nationals' right to stay in UK
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Feb 7, 2017
IfA to charge assessment organisations for quality assurance
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Feb 7, 2017
Greater Manchester UTC is seventh to announce closure
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Feb 7, 2017
Colleges forced to refer students with mental health issues directly to A&E
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Feb 7, 2017
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Feb 7, 2017
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Feb 6, 2017
'Transition period' is needed for the apprenticeship levy, says CBI
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It takes a lot more than blind CVs to combat bias and boost diversity | Poppy Noor
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Apprentices could offer better value than 'overqualified' Teach Firsters, thinktank suggests
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Feb 3, 2017
In this week's TES Further: the journey from asylum seeker to college principal
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Welcome focus on skills in Industrial Strategy Green Paper
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Ofsted denies going soft on employers despite IfA notes
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FE Week victory: apprenticeship rules ban brokerage
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Carlisle College becomes NCG fifth FE college member
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Carlisle College becomes NCG fifth FE college member
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Ofqual Supplementary Estimates 2016/17 - Memorandum to Education Select Committee
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Epping Forest College hires finance director despite £338k IT scandal
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The role of senior leaders and managers in inclusive learning
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Lords debates Technical and Further Education Bill
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Association of Colleges launches consultation with members on its change proposals
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Feb 1, 2017
One body will oversee higher and further education in Wales, it has been announced
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Feb 1, 2017
What will Chinese visitors learn from our emerging apprenticeship system? And what can they teach us?
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AoC unveils overhaul of 'unsustainable' structures to save £1m
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AoC: Membership fees overhaul consultation to avoid £1 million overspend
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Institutes of technology could be ‘up and running’ by September
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Government commits £170 million for Institutes of Technology to bridge the skills gap in the UK
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Robert Halfon: BETT 2017 speech
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Feb 1, 2017
SFA update: February 2017
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Feb 1, 2017
Skills Funding Agency: update
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Feb 1, 2017
Building our industrial strategy - FE can lead the way
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An apprentice can do better than a graduate
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Feb 1, 2017
Submission: #37 Strategic Guidance to the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA)
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Feb 1, 2017
Corbyn backs UCU campaign for 15,000 more FE teachers
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Jan 31, 2017
Ofqual: security industry plagued by 'assessment malpractice'
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Jan 31, 2017
First ever procurement process for adult education budget contracts finally launched
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Jan 31, 2017
Focus on 3 million apprentices by 2020 leads to policies aimed at quantity, rather than quality
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Jan 31, 2017
Carlisle College to join NCG
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Jan 31, 2017
Ofsted rates Birkenhead Sixth Form College as outstanding in all areas
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Jan 31, 2017
DTP Solutionpath and Excelsoft joined forces with Jisc to launch learning analytics partnership at BETT 2017
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Jan 31, 2017
Submission: #36 HM Treasury: 2017 Budget
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Jan 31, 2017
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Jan 31, 2017
College initiatives could be huge boost
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Jan 31, 2017
Apprenticeship targets 'poor value for money', says IFS
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Jan 31, 2017
IFS calls for minimum public sector workforce apprenticeship target to be scrapped
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Jan 31, 2017
Apprenticeships policy puts quality at risk, says IFS
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Jan 31, 2017
College budget cuts hit women students far harder than men
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Jan 31, 2017
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Jan 31, 2017
Vocational education should not be removed from other pathways
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Jan 30, 2017
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt to speak at Downing Street Trump travel ban protest
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Jan 30, 2017
UCU statement on Trump executive order banning travellers to US
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Jan 30, 2017
Apprentice welcome letter
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Jan 30, 2017
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Jan 30, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships silent on learning difficulties and disabilities
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Jan 30, 2017
Poor careers advice due to spending decisions by school leaders, skills minister claims
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Jan 30, 2017
Apprenticeship funding rule requiring 20 per cent off-the-job training ‘not going away’
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Jan 30, 2017
Halfon: Careers advice at colleges ‘state of the art’ but schools not good enough
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Jan 30, 2017
Unionlearn launches #LiteracyWorks
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Jan 30, 2017
What you need to know about the curriculum reform
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Jan 30, 2017
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Jan 30, 2017
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Jan 30, 2017
Vocational education in an advanced economy should not be removed from other pathways
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Jan 30, 2017
Councils accuse ministers of undermining apprenticeships in row over £25m fund
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Jan 30, 2017
Indie pop band Blossoms perform secret gig for Salford students
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Jan 29, 2017
Institutes of technology £170m windfall going to existing providers
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Jan 29, 2017
Fine art students create artwork to trigger happy memories in dementia sufferers
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Jan 29, 2017
Technical Education Panels: Why pay for advice that is already free?
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Jan 29, 2017
Apprenticeship standards: why pay for advice that is already free?
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Jan 29, 2017
North Shropshire College runs integration classes for refugees
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Jan 28, 2017
'Inadequate' Gateway SFC pulls back from Leicestershire area review
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Jan 28, 2017
South Africa: students shut down 15 technical colleges over unresolved issues
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Jan 28, 2017
In this week's TES Further: Could digital learning revive the appeal of apprenticeships?
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Jan 27, 2017
£1m programme announced by ETF to boost teaching and learning
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Jan 27, 2017
Ofsted watch: West Cheshire College no longer ‘inadequate’
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Jan 27, 2017
£10.6m skills funding for the west of England
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Jan 27, 2017
Report shows college struggle with ‘endemic’ sexualised behaviour
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Jan 27, 2017
Project to boost outstanding teaching, learning and assessment
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Jan 27, 2017
Getting an apprenticeship was the best thing I’ve ever done... here’s why
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Jan 27, 2017
Large drop in number of standards lacking end-point assessors
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Jan 27, 2017
SFA in dock after hundreds of learners struggle to recover loans cash when provider collapses
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Jan 27, 2017
The Institute for Apprenticeships board lacks balance
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Jan 27, 2017
299 universities and colleges take part in Year Two of the Teaching Excellence Framework
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Jan 27, 2017
Project to boost outstanding teaching, learning and assessment
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Jan 27, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships operational plan
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Jan 27, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships appoints board members
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Jan 27, 2017
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Jan 27, 2017
SFA: Inform
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Jan 27, 2017
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Jan 27, 2017
Apprenticeship standards in development
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Jan 27, 2017
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Jan 27, 2017
Future of apprenticeships in England: guidance for trailblazers
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Jan 27, 2017
Week in news: 27 January 2017
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Jan 27, 2017
International students and the Brexit risk
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Jan 27, 2017
Introducing the Institute for Apprenticeships board members
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Jan 27, 2017
'Effective' action is needed over pay and casualisation, says UCU leadership challenger
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Jan 27, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships: board members announced
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Jan 27, 2017
The Institute for Apprenticeships board members are announced. Strong employer presence on the board, but no independent training providers represented.
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Jan 26, 2017
Cable delighted with industrial strategy commitment to adult education
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Jan 26, 2017
Apprenticeship Delivery Board – 12 months on
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Jan 26, 2017
Further education and skills: January 2017
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Jan 26, 2017
Statistics: further education and skills
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Jan 26, 2017
SFA: early termination of funding agreement - list of organisations
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Jan 26, 2017
FE data library: apprenticeships
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Jan 26, 2017
UK 'class pay gap' explained
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Jan 26, 2017
Millennials who chose an apprenticeship over university are just as happy with their lives
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Jan 26, 2017
New research uncovers 'class pay gap' in Britain’s professions
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Jan 26, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships appoints first director
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Jan 26, 2017
The industrial strategy: what does it mean for skills and education?
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Jan 26, 2017
Sector response to the provisional apprenticeship figures
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Jan 26, 2017
Government on track to hit 3 million apprenticeships target
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Jan 26, 2017
Apprenticeship starts rise despite fall in vacancies
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Jan 26, 2017
Apprenticeships and skills minister called to give priority to lifelong learning
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Jan 26, 2017
Social mobility: Class pay gap found in UK professions
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Jan 26, 2017
Universities ‘let down’ students from college
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Jan 26, 2017
FE students just as happy as those who go to university, study reveals
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Jan 26, 2017
College funding cuts 'causing big holes' in effort to widen access to education
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Jan 25, 2017
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Jan 25, 2017
College placements for trainee teachers 'could boost recruitment'
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Jan 25, 2017
Industrial strategy? FE needs proper funding
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Jan 25, 2017
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Jan 25, 2017
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Jan 25, 2017
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Jan 25, 2017
SFA update: January 2017
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Jan 25, 2017
LRS: web services for management information system developers
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Jan 25, 2017
Number of Scots in further education falls by 150,000
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Jan 25, 2017
Schools will be included in plans for public sector Apprenticeships
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Jan 25, 2017
College courses falling short of tough new gender equality targets
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Jan 25, 2017
The journeyman years still happen for 35 traditional German trades
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Jan 25, 2017
The big four in pursuit of potential
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Jan 25, 2017
Swap classrooms for a boat and start on £31k
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Jan 25, 2017
More high-level apprenticeships are on their way
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Jan 25, 2017
Why university isn’t always the answer
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Jan 25, 2017
The lowdown on starting out as a higher apprentice
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Jan 25, 2017
The rise and fall and rise again of apprenticeships since 1563
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Jan 25, 2017
Cable warns of 'appalling' record on skills
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Jan 24, 2017
Ministers criticised over drop in number of full-time college places
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Jan 24, 2017
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Jan 24, 2017
New Scottish colleges data: 8 things we've learned
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Jan 24, 2017
It's time we talked about lifetime learning
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Jan 24, 2017
National Apprenticeship Awards 2016: Meet the winners
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Jan 23, 2017
Institutes of Technology are the right idea; now we must make sure they deliver
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Jan 23, 2017
Esol funding falls by £100m
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Jan 23, 2017
Awards, Hockey sticks and the end of the Age of Innocence
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Jan 23, 2017
The future is online
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Jan 23, 2017
Industrial strategy green paper explains plan for Institutes of Technology ‘in all areas’
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Jan 23, 2017
RateMyApprenticeship launches Top 70 School Leaver Employers Table 2017
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Jan 23, 2017
Staff achievements celebrated at annual B&FC awards
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Jan 23, 2017
OneFile is recognised as a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer
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Jan 23, 2017
Don't forget that some of the best training takes place in the workplace, government told
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Jan 23, 2017
New Industrial Strategy Green Paper to provide £170M in new Government funding for Institutes of Technology
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Jan 23, 2017
Theresa May to launch £170 Million technical schools for teens who don’t go to university
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Jan 23, 2017
Digital Apprenticeship Service will go live in February
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Jan 23, 2017
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Jan 23, 2017
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Jan 23, 2017
SFA: funding rates and formula
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Jan 23, 2017
UCAS responds to the launch of the Industrial Strategy green paper
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Jan 23, 2017
London's further education diversity gap
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Jan 23, 2017
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Jan 23, 2017
Movers and Shakers: Edition 196
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Jan 23, 2017
AELP Parliamentary Newsletter #22
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Jan 23, 2017
Fizzy drink created by students set to hit local shelves
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Jan 22, 2017
Theresa May pledges £170m for institutes of technology
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Jan 22, 2017
Tony Robinson: 'I wasn't ready for education until I was well into my twenties'
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Jan 22, 2017
College forced to stop recruiting apprentices
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Jan 21, 2017
Priestley Sixth Form College leading race to academise
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Jan 21, 2017
Young developers create chart-topping PC adventure game
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Jan 21, 2017
Winners from the National Apprenticeship Awards 2016 announced
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Jan 21, 2017
National Apprenticeship Awards winners announced
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Jan 21, 2017
In this week's TES Further: Why struggling colleges should come out fighting
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Jan 20, 2017
Are career colleges working two and a half years on?
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Jan 20, 2017
Minister Halfon pays a visit to London's first ever career college
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Jan 20, 2017
Minister Halfon pays a visit to London’s first ever career college
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Jan 20, 2017
Ofsted watch: Two grade crash to inadequate for independent training providers
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Jan 20, 2017
Government to create 200,000 new apprenticeships
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Jan 20, 2017
The 20 most influential people in education
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Jan 20, 2017
Concerns over Institute for Apprenticeships readiness justified
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Jan 20, 2017
‘Shambles’ IfA on course to launch with temporary leadership
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Jan 20, 2017
The Institute for Apprenticeships is a shambles
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Jan 20, 2017
Thousands of apprentices set to transform the public sector
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Jan 20, 2017
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Jan 20, 2017
Apprenticeship standards: list of occupations available
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Jan 20, 2017
New programme to develop employer partnerships
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Jan 20, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 20 January 2017
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Jan 20, 2017
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Jan 20, 2017
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Jan 20, 2017
All eyes on tonight’s National Apprenticeships Awards
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Jan 20, 2017
Fair funding for colleges
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Jan 20, 2017
It’s official: public sector apprenticeships target set at 2.3 per cent
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Jan 20, 2017
Halfon unveils 200k public sector apprenticeships target
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Jan 20, 2017
First sixth-form college to reopen as academy within weeks
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Jan 20, 2017
College students are not progressing in English and maths, DfE data reveals
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Jan 19, 2017
Success in Competitions will raise Apprenticeship Standards
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Jan 19, 2017
AoC defends colleges after new DfE statistics show lack of English and maths progress
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Jan 19, 2017
A handy guide to changes to GCSE grades for employers and training providers
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Jan 19, 2017
Rural living can seriously affect your access to skills
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Jan 19, 2017
SFA: course directory
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Jan 19, 2017
Further education area reviews: funding to restructure colleges
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Jan 19, 2017
School and college performance tables: 2015 to 2016
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Jan 19, 2017
Justine Greening: education at the core of social mobility
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Jan 19, 2017
Over 60 MPS call on minister to commit to adult education resurgence
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Jan 19, 2017
Support lifelong learning, MPs urge government
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Jan 19, 2017
Labour MP's launch Adult Education campaign to bring back night schools
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Jan 18, 2017
Lord Nash: Fifth of sixth form colleges have begun official negotiations for acadamy status
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Jan 18, 2017
The Department for Education is seeking experienced industry professionals to help shape the future technical education system
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Jan 18, 2017
IfA director role like ‘hand grenade with pin removed’, AELP warns
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Jan 18, 2017
GetMyFirstJob partners with National Citizen Service to boost young people’s social and professional skills
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Jan 18, 2017
Hundreds of apprentices enter challenge to be best in the country
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Jan 18, 2017
SFA update: January 2017
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Jan 18, 2017
Earn while you learn with a Dstl Apprenticeship
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Jan 18, 2017
'Research schools' for social mobility zones
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Jan 18, 2017
DfE advertises for over 100 paid advisors to help with Sainsbury reforms
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Jan 17, 2017
State of Rural Services report published
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Jan 17, 2017
Thousands of young people face a “lost opportunity” because they can’t access top jobs, unless firms take potential employees’ background into account
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Jan 17, 2017
Industry professionals to lead technical education panels
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Jan 17, 2017
Social mobility inquiry finds thousands of talented young people missing out on top jobs
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Jan 17, 2017
MPs call for unpaid internships ban
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Jan 17, 2017
Check job applicants’ school background, MPs tell employers
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Jan 17, 2017
Rural areas 'suffering' through lack of access to FE
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Jan 17, 2017
Ban unpaid internships that penalise working-class young, say MPs
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Jan 16, 2017
Plumbing lecturer saves Moldovan primary pupils from sub-zero temperatures
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Jan 16, 2017
Government gives L&D professionals inadequate time to comment on the new IfA
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Jan 16, 2017
How we challenged an Ofsted report and won
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Jan 16, 2017
Row over £180,000 posts for Glasgow colleges' board
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Jan 16, 2017
Two students have been named the nation's top paperhangers
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Jan 15, 2017
Lord Sainsbury: 'There’s been too much focus on apprenticeships'
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Jan 15, 2017
FE wasn't overlooked in the new year honours list
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Jan 15, 2017
Horticulture students plant 33,000 tulips in historic gardens
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Jan 14, 2017
Unison: New labour market tsar must protect underpaid apprentices
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Jan 14, 2017
Wave three of area reviews produces four merger proposals
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Jan 14, 2017
Visual impairment college opens eyes to specialist education in BBC documentary
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Jan 14, 2017
Ofsted watch: Poor start to the year for FE colleges
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Jan 13, 2017
Fewer higher education students in colleges, new figures show
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Jan 13, 2017
Halfon denies picture ‘bleak’ for adult education in ‘night school’ debate
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Jan 13, 2017
Halfords open first Training Academy for female prisoners
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Jan 13, 2017
Ofsted should be congratulated for admitting its mistake
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Jan 13, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 13 January 2017
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Jan 13, 2017
Government unwilling to take action on qualifications fraud fears
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Jan 13, 2017
Tackle qualifications fraud, awarding body tells government
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Jan 13, 2017
Give colleges £90m and we’ll back budget, say Lib Dems
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Jan 13, 2017
Further Forces: ex-soldiers targeted to retrain as FE teachers
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Jan 13, 2017
Ofsted makes multiple changes to report after complaints
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Jan 12, 2017
Costa Coffee shops turned into pop-up colleges
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Jan 12, 2017
Lammy: Bring back night schools to save adult education
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Jan 12, 2017
UCU petition calls for 15,000 more FE teachers
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Jan 12, 2017
Willie Rennie calls on Nicola Sturgeon to reverse college funding cuts
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Jan 12, 2017
Government must do more to make apprenticeships work for business
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Jan 12, 2017
SFA: ILR standard file specifications and reference data
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Jan 12, 2017
16 to 19 accountability headline measures
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Jan 12, 2017
Call for regulation of pupil support assistants, nursery staff and college lecturers
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Jan 12, 2017
New events map for National Apprenticeship Week 2017 has been launched
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Jan 11, 2017
Providers in limbo as ‘no date’ for adult education budget procurement launch
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Jan 11, 2017
What makes a learner job ready?
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Jan 11, 2017
Looking for answers: Investigating behaviour and motivation in FE
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Jan 11, 2017
Apprenticeship grant: employer fact sheet
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Jan 11, 2017
Late publication of ‘customer service’ guide for area reviews described as ‘beyond parody’
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Jan 10, 2017
PM’s mental health first aid training pledge only for schools, not colleges
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Jan 10, 2017
Marsden: more funding needed for careers advice
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Jan 10, 2017
Five reports for college area reviews published
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Jan 10, 2017
New events map for National Apprenticeship Week 2017
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Jan 10, 2017
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Jan 10, 2017
FE data library: apprenticeship vacancies
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Jan 10, 2017
Further education area reviews: guidance for providers
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Jan 10, 2017
Further education area reviews: policy and reports
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Jan 10, 2017
Further education area reviews: standards colleges can expect
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Jan 10, 2017
Are college governors personally liable if something goes wrong?
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Jan 10, 2017
Investigation launched after former SFA senior manager embroiled in alleged Israeli plot
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Jan 9, 2017
Ian Ashman: Colleges 'ideally placed' to tackle mental health
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Jan 9, 2017
Sixth form education in England 'uniquely narrow and short'
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Jan 9, 2017
Apprenticeships: Vacancies drop but applications rise ahead of the levy
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Jan 9, 2017
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Jan 6, 2017
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Jan 6, 2017
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Jan 5, 2017
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Jan 5, 2017
Sign Language qualifications accepted as English functional skills alternative for apprenticeships
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British Sign Language qualifications to be accepted in apprenticeships
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AELP Briefing Paper No 44 Apprenticeship Levy: Questions and Answers (November 2016 Update)
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Jan 5, 2017
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Jan 4, 2017
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Jan 4, 2017
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Jan 4, 2017
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Jan 4, 2017
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Jan 4, 2017
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Jan 3, 2017
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Jan 3, 2017
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Dec 31, 2016
Scottish teachers and lecturers paid £600,000 in compensation
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Dec 24, 2016
Scotland to spend less than half their levy funding on apprenticeships
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Dec 23, 2016
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Dec 23, 2016
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Dec 23, 2016
‘Terrible blow’ averted for distance learners
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Dec 23, 2016
Education is for life, not just Christmas retirement speeches
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Dec 22, 2016
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Dec 22, 2016
EFA announces no change to 16-18 funding rates
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Dec 21, 2016
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Dec 21, 2016
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Dec 21, 2016
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Dec 21, 2016
College lecturer to star in MasterChef final
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Dec 20, 2016
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Dec 19, 2016
Just a third of employers expect to create more apprenticeships, CBI survey reveals
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Dec 19, 2016
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Dec 19, 2016
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Dec 19, 2016
Failed UTC site used as cheap accommodation for young professionals
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Dec 18, 2016
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Dec 16, 2016
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Dec 16, 2016
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Dec 16, 2016
Apprenticeship standards approved for delivery
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Dec 16, 2016
Falling through the cracks: more than 30,000 ‘invisible’ learners quit college within six weeks of enrolling
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TES FE Awards 2017: shortlist revealed
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Dec 15, 2016
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New plans for police constable apprenticeships unveiled
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Dec 15, 2016
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Governors back first sixth form college merger with multi-academy trust
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Dec 15, 2016
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Dec 15, 2016
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Dec 15, 2016
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Dec 15, 2016
All new police officers in England and Wales to have degrees
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New police officers face degree requirement
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Dec 15, 2016
College strike averted after UCU members accept 1% pay rise
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TUC Evidence to the Technical and Further Education Bill Committee
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Dec 14, 2016
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Dec 14, 2016
Mass delays to publication of special needs learner plans spark calls for government intervention
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Dec 14, 2016
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Dec 14, 2016
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Dec 14, 2016
Only 1% of students influenced most by careers advice
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Dec 14, 2016
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Dec 13, 2016
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Dec 13, 2016
Education Committee joins forces with Health for inquiry into the role of education in preventing mental health problems among young people
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Dec 12, 2016
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Dec 12, 2016
New research benchmarks international IB students’ language skills for universities
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Dec 12, 2016
Kilmarnock College opens on former Johnny Walker site
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Dec 12, 2016
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Dec 12, 2016
MPs investigating how colleges can better support students over mental health issues
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Dec 12, 2016
Exceptional students and staff honoured in Celebration of Success
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Dec 12, 2016
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Dec 12, 2016
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Dec 12, 2016
Movers & Shakers: Edition 193
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Dec 12, 2016
Special needs college first in the UK to receive Princess Royal Training Award
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Dec 11, 2016
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Dec 10, 2016
Sixth form campaign to reach Christmas number one snowballs
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Dec 10, 2016
WorldSkills: extra funding needed to keep Team UK on top of the world
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Dec 9, 2016
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Dec 9, 2016
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Dec 9, 2016
Revealed at last: Government sets aside £726m for area review restructuring
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Dec 9, 2016
Chartered Institution for Further Education appoints new chief executive
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Dec 9, 2016
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Dec 9, 2016
English language classes funding is not a luxury
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Dec 9, 2016
‘Incredibly unfair’ funding quirk riles colleges
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Dec 9, 2016
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Dec 9, 2016
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Dec 9, 2016
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Dec 9, 2016
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Dec 8, 2016
Ruth Gilbert: what employers are looking for when recruiting young people
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Dec 8, 2016
Make FE funding more flexible to promote innovation, government urged
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Dec 8, 2016
Daventry becomes sixth UTC to announce closure after recruitment problems
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Dec 8, 2016
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Dec 8, 2016
Skills Funding Agency: business update
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Dec 8, 2016
FE Choices learner satisfaction survey 2013 to 2014
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Dec 8, 2016
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Dec 8, 2016
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Dec 8, 2016
Daventry UTC announces it is to close next year
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Dec 7, 2016
SFA criticised for ‘total farce’ over key provider submission failures
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Dec 7, 2016
AoC's David Hughes chats about improving youth social mobility
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Dec 7, 2016
AELP's Mark Dawe discusses linking employability and skills
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Dec 7, 2016
New recommendations call for national government-led initiative to provide work experience for engineering students
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Dec 7, 2016
Race equality in FE has got stuck
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Dec 7, 2016
SFA update: December 2016
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Dec 7, 2016
College funding: early intervention and prevention
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Dec 7, 2016
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Dec 7, 2016
Ofsted wants key degree apprenticeship inspection role
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Dec 6, 2016
Reports of discrimination at SFA double in a year
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Dec 6, 2016
SFA extends data return deadline as Hub crashes
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Dec 6, 2016
Robert Halfon's apprenticeship legacy
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Dec 6, 2016
New statutory requirements for the content of school websites
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Dec 6, 2016
Register of apprentice assessment organisations: how to apply
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Dec 6, 2016
The wrong bill at the wrong time for our universities and colleges
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Dec 5, 2016
EFA funding falls by over 20% for three colleges
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Dec 5, 2016
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Dec 5, 2016
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Dec 3, 2016
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Dec 2, 2016
In this week’s TES Further: The college with the world-beating advertising course
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Dec 2, 2016
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WorldSkills could expand to 100 countries
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Dec 2, 2016
Derby College praised in Ofsted annual report
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Dec 2, 2016
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Dec 2, 2016
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Dec 2, 2016
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Dec 2, 2016
Technical and Further Education Bill could increase costs for providers, exam boards warn
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted Annual Report 2015/16: England’s education system still short of world class
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted publishes HMCI's Annual Report
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
EuroSkills day 1: Knight is a cut above the rest
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
GCSE resits soar as students rush to last-chance retakes
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Dec 1, 2016
82% of independent training providers now good or outstanding, according to Ofsted
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
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Ofsted chief calls for radical shakeup to close widening skills gap
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Dec 1, 2016
England faces widening skills gap, says outgoing Ofsted chief
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Dec 1, 2016
HEFCE supports experimental innovation in learning and teaching
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Dec 1, 2016
ATL comment on PAC report on apprenticeships
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Nov 30, 2016
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Nov 30, 2016
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Nov 30, 2016
New nursing degree apprenticeship is launched
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Nov 30, 2016
Area review for school sixth forms and UTCs 'has to happen'
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Nov 30, 2016
New nursing degree apprenticeship announced by Jeremy Hunt
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Nov 30, 2016
Activate Learning becomes 35th member of Collab Group
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Nov 30, 2016
Jeremy Hunt apprenticeship plans mean student nurses no longer need to attend university
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Nov 30, 2016
New nursing apprentice role announced
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Nov 30, 2016
Apprenticeship levy could lead to employers 'exploiting the system', MPs warn
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Nov 30, 2016
EuroSkills: The journey to Gothenburg
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Nov 29, 2016
Public Accounts Committee: More measures needed to assess the success of Apprenticeships
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Nov 29, 2016
Area review reports and recommendations finally published
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Nov 29, 2016
College-Employer partnerships: the key to preparing young people for work
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Nov 29, 2016
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Nov 29, 2016
Emphasis on exams is a flaw in our education system: Employers must try and fix the gaping hole between school and work
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Nov 29, 2016
University isn’t a “one-size-fits-all”
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Nov 29, 2016
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Nov 29, 2016
AELP Briefing Paper No 43 - Autumn statement 2016
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Nov 29, 2016
SFA apprenticeship tender for small employers rejected by quarter of providers
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Nov 28, 2016
Learndirect top-slices almost £20 million through subcontractors deals
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Nov 28, 2016
Skills minister bids farewell to Team UK with heartfelt speech
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Nov 28, 2016
UTC Cambridge hit by Ofsted grade four rating
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Nov 28, 2016
Ron Dearing UTC expands a year before opening
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Nov 28, 2016
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Nov 28, 2016
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Nov 28, 2016
Lewisham Southwark College still wants Newcastle merger despite local offers
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Nov 28, 2016
College apprentice scoops national award
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Nov 28, 2016
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Nov 28, 2016
Student crowned ‘all-round inspiration’ at awards for extensive volunteering work
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Nov 28, 2016
EuroSkills: the students training for Gothenburg 2016
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Nov 27, 2016
For Prevent to succeed, we can't ignore religion
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Nov 27, 2016
Arrival of baby corn snakes make history at Hartpury college
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Nov 26, 2016
Half the levy will be paid by just 400 employers – but who are they?
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Nov 26, 2016
Nescot appoints principal but controversial former head Sunaina Mann stays at Saudi subsidiary
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Nov 26, 2016
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Nov 25, 2016
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Rasch modelling report
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Nov 25, 2016
Technical education is our best chance to achieve social mobility
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Nov 25, 2016
In this week's TES Further: why sixth-form colleges should think twice about academisation
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Nov 25, 2016
Scammers target colleges during AoC conference
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Nov 25, 2016
Scotland and Wales dominate Skills Show 2016 medal table
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Nov 25, 2016
Code breaker?
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Nov 25, 2016
Apprenticeship funding brokerage ban is a victory for students
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Nov 25, 2016
Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration: Reflections from AoC 2016
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Nov 25, 2016
Providers found ignoring apprenticeship register application guidance just hours from critical deadline
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Nov 25, 2016
Jaguar apprentices rescued after provider collapses
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Nov 25, 2016
FE commissioner’s plea to rescue Hereward College
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Nov 25, 2016
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Nov 25, 2016
Brokerage of apprenticeship funding to be banned next year
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Nov 25, 2016
The Skills Show Supplement 2016
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Nov 25, 2016
AoC Annual Conference 2016
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Nov 25, 2016
'My parents' dream was for me to learn. I want to fulfill their dream': Syrian refugees speak about their education journey
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Nov 24, 2016
Apprenticeship support and knowledge (ASK) for schools project launches
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Nov 24, 2016
Ofsted: Schools should be doing more to prepare young people for the world of work
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Nov 24, 2016
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Nov 24, 2016
Stockport College plunges back to grade four Ofsted
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Nov 24, 2016
Elgin High trio help build their future
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Nov 24, 2016
UK misses out on £45bn GDP due to youth unemployment record
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Nov 24, 2016
SFA: Inform
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Nov 24, 2016
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Nov 24, 2016
Bletchley Park to be site of National College of Cyber Security
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Nov 24, 2016
Cybersecurity school plan for Bletchley Park
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Nov 24, 2016
Bletchley Park: 'Codebreakers school' planned for site
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Nov 24, 2016
Noah Brown discusses USA & UK FE systems, USA Apprenticeships, and how Brexit & Trump could affect Further Education
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Nov 23, 2016
Predicted apprenticeship levy yield drops by £200m
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn statement: £200m levy pot reduction forecast by Treasury
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Nov 23, 2016
UTCs perform worse at GCSE than schools with similar intakes, study shows
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Nov 23, 2016
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn statement: Government to devolve adult education budget to London
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Nov 23, 2016
National minimum wage for apprentices to increase by 10p
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Nov 23, 2016
Adult education budget to be devolved to London in 2019
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn statement: Hammond approves 10p apprentice minimum wage rise
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Nov 23, 2016
Pearson’s Ofsted rating up two grades to ‘good’
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn Statement fails to address education funding crisis
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn statement: little change, longer term action needed
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Nov 23, 2016
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Nov 23, 2016
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Nov 23, 2016
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Nov 23, 2016
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Nov 23, 2016
Autumn Statement: the Chancellor must back education in poor areas - current funding isn't enough | Brett Wigdortz
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Nov 23, 2016
NUS: FE has been 'cut to the core' and needs extra investment
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Nov 22, 2016
Colleges face fresh disruption as support staff reject pay deal
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Nov 22, 2016
Future ‘remains uncertain’ for Central Sussex College, Ofsted warns
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Nov 22, 2016
Lauener reveals staffing levels for new Institute for Apprenticeships
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Nov 22, 2016
College debt repayments could rise due to insolvency plan, MPs told
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Nov 22, 2016
Paving the way to degree apprenticeships
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Nov 22, 2016
MPs debate Education and Social Mobility and NHS Funding
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Nov 22, 2016
ATL urges Government to spend wisely on education
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Nov 22, 2016
World-class apprentices compete for gold
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Nov 22, 2016
FE Commissioner Richard Atkins discusses Area Reviews, the lessons learned and challenges for 2017
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Nov 22, 2016
Early recruitment of higher and degree apprenticeship vacancies for 2017
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Nov 21, 2016
Search for the apprentice team of the year begins
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Nov 21, 2016
Association of Colleges conference celebrates student social action
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Nov 21, 2016
How is the FE workforce reacting to the Area Reviews?
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Nov 21, 2016
Skills Show 2016: the winners
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Nov 21, 2016
College slumps to ‘inadequate’ Ofsted after coming bottom in FE Week league table
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Nov 21, 2016
South Essex College become 34th member of Collab Group
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Nov 21, 2016
Should colleges require level 4s or 5s of the new GCSEs for A Level entry?
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Nov 20, 2016
Demonstrators marching in London urge more funding for education
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Nov 20, 2016
Scotland and Wales win big at Skills Show 2016 competition finals
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Nov 19, 2016
Skills Show Results 2016 by competition
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Nov 19, 2016
Skills Show Results 2016 - organisation league table
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Nov 19, 2016
FE Week's annual charity auction raises a whopping £14,000
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Nov 19, 2016
Editor Asks: David Hughes in conversation (part 2)
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Nov 19, 2016
National schools commissioner addresses college leaders
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Nov 19, 2016
Ministers give ‘biggest hints yet’ of GCSEs U-turn
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Nov 18, 2016
How can financial education in schools help tackle financial exclusion?
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Nov 18, 2016
In the news 18 November 2016
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Nov 18, 2016
BTEC: why it’s important to Universities, Employers, Students…and Pearson too
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Nov 18, 2016
'Seeing is believing': behind the scenes at the Skills Show
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Nov 18, 2016
Students selected for first Chivas Brothers development bursary
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Nov 18, 2016
Guess the FE cartoons!
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Nov 18, 2016
Richard Atkins: The FE sector ‘is doing pretty well’
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Nov 18, 2016
Government adviser criticises full-time vocational courses
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Nov 18, 2016
President to make 2017 the year FE colleges tackle mental health
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Nov 18, 2016
Ministers need to fund technical education, says Lord Sainsbury
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Nov 18, 2016
Lord Sainsbury criticised over ‘retail assistant’ comments
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Nov 18, 2016
SFA set to take 'unprecedented' legal action in agricultural college row
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Nov 18, 2016
Colleges go a decade without full inspection
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Nov 18, 2016
How does the directory of apprenticeship training providers work?
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Nov 18, 2016
Entries in BTECs plummet after changes to school league tables
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Nov 18, 2016
Further education bodies in united call for Autumn Statement investment
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Nov 18, 2016
Further education bodies in united call for autumn statement investment
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Nov 18, 2016
LRS latest release guidance
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Nov 18, 2016
Robert Halfon: Association of Colleges Conference 2016
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Nov 18, 2016
Skills Minister: Skills Show ‘the best of Britain’
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Nov 18, 2016
Unionlearn joins call for autumn statement investment in FE
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Nov 18, 2016
How might the move to End Point Assessment impact upon Apprenticeships?
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Nov 18, 2016
Managers accused of 'passing the buck' on blame for college's £3m debt
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Nov 18, 2016
College visa applications plummeted in run up to Brexit vote, new figures reveal
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Nov 18, 2016
Additional funding needed for FE, sector organisations urge in joint letter
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Nov 18, 2016
Apprenticeship levy will hit small schools due to 'archaic' system
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Nov 18, 2016
Robert Halfon: Association of Colleges Conference 2016
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Nov 17, 2016
Exeter College is the best college in the country, according to FE Week’s new league table
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Nov 17, 2016
Additional funding needed for FE, sector organisations urge in joint letter
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Nov 17, 2016
Skills Show is the 'future' of Britain, Halfon says
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Nov 17, 2016
MSPs accuse college leaders of passing the buck over 'financial mess'
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Nov 17, 2016
Strong indication of English and maths post-16 requirement change
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Nov 17, 2016
Time to celebrate many achievements of colleges, Halfon tells conference
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Nov 17, 2016
Funding update from Beej
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Nov 17, 2016
Justine Greening: Don't let young people 'hit a brick wall' in English and maths
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Nov 17, 2016
West College Scotland becomes latest Collab Group member
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Nov 17, 2016
Government’s focus on numbers puts skills reform at risk
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Nov 17, 2016
Apprenticeships should be on equal level to academic options
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Nov 17, 2016
Professor Alison Wolf challenges the current tertiary education system at the EPI’s inaugural annual lecture
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Nov 17, 2016
Greening appeals for reforms support from across ‘technical education family’
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Nov 17, 2016
NFER research on apprenticeship reforms confirms quality worries
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Nov 17, 2016
Higher and degree apprenticeships
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Nov 17, 2016
Early recruitment of higher and degree apprenticeship vacancies for 2017
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Nov 17, 2016
FE data library: other statistics and research
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Nov 17, 2016
Search for the apprentice team of the year begins
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Nov 17, 2016
Testing times as South Korean students sit for college exam
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Nov 17, 2016
South Korea grounds all planes so students can focus on college exam
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Nov 17, 2016
Cheers of support for South Korea's exam students
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Nov 17, 2016
Inconsistency in policy making jeopardises FE reforms, report suggests
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Nov 17, 2016
Government’s skills agenda is a case of ‘two steps forward, one step back’
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Nov 16, 2016
Catherine Sezen chats about 14-19, Sainsbury and the Skills plan
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Nov 16, 2016
Funding threshold will be extended, EFA director announces
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Nov 16, 2016
More colleges expected to run at an operating loss, EFA reveals
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Nov 16, 2016
Mary Curnock Cook to stand down as Ucas chief
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Nov 16, 2016
'Tolerance' for GCSE English and maths resits funding to be extended
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Nov 16, 2016
AoC President Ian Ashman discusses Mental Health in Colleges
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Nov 16, 2016
GCSE resits placing 'stress' on learners, says AoC president
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Nov 16, 2016
Mary Curnock Cook to step down as Ucas head
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Nov 16, 2016
Colleges not 'in a mess', insists FE commissioner
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Nov 16, 2016
Lords debate policy on overseas students
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Nov 16, 2016
Ofqual's symposium presentations
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Nov 16, 2016
SFA update: November 2016
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Nov 16, 2016
Universities and colleges “a key piece in the social mobility puzzle”
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Nov 16, 2016
Social Mobility Commission calls for school sixth form extension
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Nov 16, 2016
More clarity required if apprenticeship reforms are to be delivered on time, say providers
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Nov 16, 2016
Colleges are heading towards a ‘crisis point’ in student mental health, AoC president warns
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Nov 16, 2016
More clarity required if apprenticeship reforms are to be delivered on time, say providers
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Nov 16, 2016
Scottish colleges fear funding decline after Brexit
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Nov 16, 2016
Six reasons why adult education benefits learners
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Nov 15, 2016
Black and minority ethnic teachers and students face 'systemic disadvantage', warns principal
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Nov 15, 2016
Sainsbury review has 'higher chance of success' than predecessors, author says
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Nov 15, 2016
Lord Sainsbury demands more cash for technical education
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Nov 15, 2016
David Hughes discusses the AoC review, a more confident sector and English & Maths
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Nov 15, 2016
The Association of Colleges warns of a crisis in mental health support for young people and adults
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Nov 15, 2016
FE Charter welcomes Furness College into Membership
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Nov 15, 2016
Colleges can thrive despite ‘blizzard of changes’, AoC boss tells delegates
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Nov 15, 2016
Gender Pay Gap: is your college one of the good guys?
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Nov 15, 2016
Increase education funding, head of AoC urges government
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Nov 15, 2016
Increase education funding, head of AoC urges government
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Nov 15, 2016
Fourth FE institute awarded chartered status
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Nov 15, 2016
Confident, optimistic and ambitious
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Nov 15, 2016
ATL comment ahead of Technical and Further Education Bill's second reading
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Nov 15, 2016
Together, we will work to have a stronger voice for education
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Nov 15, 2016
Simple transparency can stop school legal battles
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Nov 15, 2016
Justine Greening: technical education has 'failed to offer a high-quality pathway into work'
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Nov 14, 2016
3 million Apprenticeships: Hitting the target, but missing the point?
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Nov 14, 2016
War of words continues as AoC boss accused of putting ‘institutional self-interest before learners’ interest’
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Nov 14, 2016
Remaking tertiary education: can we create a system that is fair and fit for purpose?
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Nov 14, 2016
Education Policy Institute report on tertiary education
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Nov 14, 2016
College's careers advice service opens city centre 'Job Zone'
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Nov 14, 2016
Technical and Further Education Bill second reading in Commons
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Nov 14, 2016
Reverse decline in higher level technical qualifications, demands Professor Wolf
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Nov 14, 2016
Baroness Wolf: more level 4 and 5 qualifications needed
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Nov 14, 2016
Movers & Shakers: Edition 189
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Nov 13, 2016
Area reviews have lost their true purpose
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Nov 12, 2016
College attended by band Viola Beach launches scholarship in their memory
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Nov 12, 2016
In this week's TES Further: the FE commissioner and the mafia
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Nov 11, 2016
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 11 November 2016
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Nov 11, 2016
Minister on a monthly mission
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Nov 11, 2016
David Hughes: let’s present a confident and ambitious AoC regions front for colleges
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Nov 11, 2016
It's all about apprenticeships: what are colleges waiting for?
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Nov 11, 2016
Employers pass their judgement in satisfaction ratings
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Nov 11, 2016
The skills we need, and why we don’t have them
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Nov 11, 2016
Apprenticeships programme needs stronger focus on quality, says Policy Exchange
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Nov 11, 2016
New destination data for unemployed learners
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Nov 11, 2016
Policy Exchange publishes report on apprenticeships
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Nov 11, 2016
Apprenticeships programme needs stronger focus on quality, says report
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Nov 11, 2016
AoC and AELP bosses battle over independent provider quality
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Nov 11, 2016
Government meddling blamed for 2 year apprenticeship delays
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Nov 11, 2016
Move away from 3m apprenticeship target to avoid ‘wasting £500 million’ says influential think tank
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Nov 11, 2016
Drop the 3m apprenticeship target to avoid ‘wasting £500 million’ says influential think tank
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Nov 11, 2016
How to fix the skills system
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Nov 11, 2016
College sector ignoring minister’s cash warning as private providers clean up
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Nov 11, 2016
£500m spent every year on substandard apprenticeships, study warns
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Nov 11, 2016
'Poorest students hit the hardest’ by GCSE resits
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Nov 11, 2016
Millions invested in degree apprenticeships
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Nov 10, 2016
MillionPlus welcomes the creation of a degree apprenticeship fund
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Nov 10, 2016
A new series of webinars challenge FE leaders to think big and stop obsessing about the detail
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Nov 10, 2016
IPPR apprenticeship report released
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Nov 10, 2016
Influential think tank calls for college-only route to replace the level 2 apprenticeship
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Nov 10, 2016
Don’t abolish 16-18 apprenticeships!
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Nov 10, 2016
Colleges to benefit from £4.5m degree apprenticeships fund
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Nov 10, 2016
Is your school ready for the apprenticeship levy?
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Nov 9, 2016
Thousands of new degree apprenticeships to be created through new multi-million pound development fund
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Nov 9, 2016
I'm 'really excited' about what FE can do for our country, says Justine Greening
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Nov 8, 2016
Education secretary commits to focusing ‘much more’ on FE
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Nov 8, 2016
Take Politics Out of Education
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Nov 8, 2016
Carmichael backs more FE investment as he rejects new grammars
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Nov 8, 2016
Unique mindfulness course is a hit with college students
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Nov 8, 2016
Outstanding Ofsted for Fashion Retail Academy
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Nov 7, 2016
Students get involved with international eco-hairdressing project
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Nov 7, 2016
Ofqual opens malpractice investigation following apprentice complaint
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Nov 7, 2016
New south London free school ruffles local feathers
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Nov 7, 2016
Movers & Shakers: Edition 188
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Nov 6, 2016
College student's business venture is fighting fit
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Nov 5, 2016
In this week's TES Further: One in five general FE colleges graded 'inadequate' by Ofsted
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Nov 4, 2016
Kensington and Chelsea College principal resigns with immediate effect
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Nov 4, 2016
Race on to approve assessors in time for apprentices finishing in March
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Oct 28, 2016
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Oct 27, 2016
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Award-winning chefs return to Bath College to head up autumn gourmet dinner
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Uxbridge College Art and Design Students’ rare visit to Picasso preview tour
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I'm a female engineer, and I'm sick of being told I'm doing a man's job
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We aim to educate and train the next generation of technicians, engineers and industrial innovators
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London Apprenticeship Training Group - launch of an alliance of colleges to support businesses across the region
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MP renews spat with Hull College over planned job cuts
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Number of colleges taking on 14-16 students falls for first time
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