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Union leaders have accused awarding body bosses of failing to meaningfully consult The post City & Guilds threatened with legal action over ‘disgraceful’ staff cuts plan first appeared on FE Week .

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Union threatens to disrupt summer exam series but AQA promises no results will be delayed The post More strikes set for England’s largest exam board first appeared on FE Week .

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Skills England finds FE achievements linked to priority jobs fell 7 per cent and reports mismatches in training trends The post FE falls as bootcamps boom in priority skills pipeline first appeared on FE Week .

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Evaluation finds programme reduced numeracy anxiety but could not measure skills gains The post DfE unable to show whether £270m Multiply programme improved maths first appeared on FE Week .

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David Hughes says colleges can help cut NEET numbers, but only if funding rules, local coordination and early intervention are fixed The post Colleges can do more to tackle the NEET challenge – if we let them first appeared on FE Week .

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FE can play a vital role, but colleges cannot fix fragmented support alone, says Youth Employment UK The post Young people are ready for work. The system isn’t first appeared on FE Week .

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Interim NEET review says post-16 system prioritises enrolment and completion over helping young people into work The post Pay colleges for ‘outcomes not headcounts’, Milburn suggests first appeared on FE Week .

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Latest estimates come ahead of Alan Milburn’s landmark review into young people and work The post Youth NEET rate tips one million first appeared on FE Week .

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Landmark youth review will call for fundamental system reforms across education, health and employment The post NEET numbers could hit 1.25m within five years, Milburn warns first appeared on FE Week .

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DfE attempts to shift registration 'burden' towards universities but will impose new fees for degree power applications The post Small HE providers in line for OfS fee cut first appeared on FE Week .

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Oliver Symons will join this autumn from Moulton College The post New CEO appointed to Windsor Forest Colleges Group first appeared on FE Week .

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FE Commissioner intervenes after college loses control of major building project The post Tyne Coast falls into hole left by £96m campus first appeared on FE Week .

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Undisclosed legal breach listed among reasons for DfE’s notice to improve The post Financial mess forces Boston College into intervention first appeared on FE Week .

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Minister defends DfE video and hails GC’s ‘incredible reach’ with young people The post Gemma Collins hate is snobbery, says Phillipson first appeared on FE Week .

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Watchdog criticises low completion rates and high staff workload at England’s biggest apprenticeship provider The post Ofsted warns Multiverse ‘needs attention’ after starts stop on weakest apprenticeships first appeared on FE Week .

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Students can now complete all 315 placement hours from home and split experience across unlimited employers The post T Levels go fully remote as ministers scrap work placement limits first appeared on FE Week .

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Live updates as the government's social mobility adviser is questioned by DWP select committee The post Milburn quizzed by MPs on NEETs first appeared on FE Week .

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Multiple AO approach for T Levels and V Levels revealed in 'transition plan' that also names 'qualification pioneers' The post DfE axes single awarding body license model first appeared on FE Week .

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Flagship CPD programme will change hands this summer The post AoC wins £20m T Level teacher training contract from ETF first appeared on FE Week .

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Tracey Fletcher-Ray to run national training provider months after Brenda McLeish exit The post Learning Curve Group appoints new CEO first appeared on FE Week .

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System used by inspectors dogged by problems which have seen evidence wiped The post Ofsted considers replacing glitchy evidence-gathering system first appeared on FE Week .

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It comes months after the sudden retirement of Anthony Bravo The post Lorraine Heath made permanent principal of Basingstoke College first appeared on FE Week .

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Applications for short courses set to open in September The post Over 100 providers approved for LLE modular courses first appeared on FE Week .

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DfE confirms latest sums released to help FE meet spike in teenage learners The post £184m to beat population bulge in devolved areas first appeared on FE Week .

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Unit providers will get a year’s respite to develop ‘effective’ models The post Ofsted will not inspect apprenticeship units until at least April 2027 first appeared on FE Week .

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King Charles also outlines commitment to 'continue to invest in apprenticeships and tackle youth unemployment' The post ‘Education for all’: SEND reform bill confirmed in King’s Speech 2026 first appeared on FE Week .

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Ministers want AI-ready leaders, but their own training model risks holding them back The post AI leadership apprenticeship units: right ambition, wrong delivery model first appeared on FE Week .

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Leaders criticise ‘disappointing’ union move The post Capital City College staff strike during exams over workload first appeared on FE Week .

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Ministers are eyeing tougher checks on schools’ handovers to colleges, but no promise of transport cash The post SEND reforms will target ‘shameful’ transitions into FE first appeared on FE Week .

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Ben Blackledge will stay on to oversee Team UK's performance at WorldSkills Shanghai The post WorldSkills UK boss to lead City & Guilds Foundation first appeared on FE Week .

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It follows CEO and CFO exits and comes amid multiple investigations into the awarding body's controversial sale The post 75 roles at risk at City & Guilds as new owner confirms restructure first appeared on FE Week .

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The prime minister repeats pledge to FE amid criticism of his leadership The post Starmer to ‘go much further’ on apprenticeships and SEND after election losses first appeared on FE Week .

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Stretched budgets and red-tape burden put international work at risk, AoC finds The post No time or money for overseas activity, say colleges first appeared on FE Week .

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English and maths qualifications become abuse hotbed while AI is increasingly used for malpractice The post Cheating now worst in functional skills exams first appeared on FE Week .

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Provision for admin and rules on absence cover are added to staff conditions The post Unions win planning time for sixth form teachers first appeared on FE Week .

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Police discovered chemicals including thermite after students raised the alarm The post Bedroom gunpowder teen admits threats to bomb college first appeared on FE Week .

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DfE ‘expects’ to complete white paper promise before the new year The post Date set for expanding free teacher vacancy site to FE first appeared on FE Week .

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Teachers will strike tomorrow across the Windsor Forest Colleges Group The post Windsor college staff storm out over pay – again first appeared on FE Week .

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Experienced tutors feel undervalued as early career colleagues take home thousands more The post New bonus scheme fuels resentment among FE teachers first appeared on FE Week .

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Colleges face uncertainty over whether they will lose access to VAT discounts worth millions The post HMRC drops VAT appeal but warns colleges over tax reliefs first appeared on FE Week .

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Shake up aims to make 'fairer representation' of student progress while 'reinforcing high standards' The post DfE to get softer on English and maths resit entries but tougher on results first appeared on FE Week .

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Current measures miss almost a third of 16-19 students, DfE admits The post 16-19 performance measure shake up: What you need to know first appeared on FE Week .

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OfS will examine the outcomes and money paid to all institutions delivering the Diploma in Education and Training course between 2021 and 2024 The post FE teacher training probe widened after ‘café placements’ scandal first appeared on FE…

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Welfare to work organisations and independent training providers have been selected The post DWP names first jobs guarantee delivery partners first appeared on FE Week .

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Work and pensions ministers take questions from MPs in the House of Commons The post DWP question time April 2026: Live blog first appeared on FE Week .

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Pensions data reveals latest trends for sector dogged by low pay and high workload The post FE exit numbers still ‘stubbornly high’ but improving first appeared on FE Week .

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Social security rules penalise apprentices and result in parental pressure, says report The post Benefit losses force teens to ditch apprenticeships first appeared on FE Week .

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New report finds 'clear and systemic patterns' in how learners' backgrounds affect their destinations The post Sponsored academy students make ‘less ambitious’ post-16 choices first appeared on FE Week .

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She will leave a south London college for pastures new in north east London The post Waltham Forest College names Jane Button as next principal first appeared on FE Week .

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The new power was introduced last October and is meant for cases that are not serious enough for a fine The post Ofqual issues first ‘rebuke’ of exam board over ‘serious failures’ first appeared on FE Week .

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Live updates as Skills England leaders grilled by DWP select committee The post Skills England bosses quizzed by MPs first appeared on FE Week .

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Starts on the new short courses can begin from April 28 The post Revealed: Funding rates and delivery hours for apprenticeship units first appeared on FE Week .

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The training provider has retained eight prisons in the region following a tender re-run The post Novus selected again to deliver West Midlands prison education first appeared on FE Week .

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Follow live updates as Bridget Phillipson and her education ministers take questions from MPs in the House of Commons The post Education questions April 2026: Live blog first appeared on FE Week .

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Court lands sacked boss with costs bill following his defence of non-profit business The post CEO faces ruin after fighting directors’ bonus plan first appeared on FE Week .

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Court lands sacked boss with costs bill following his defence of non-profit business The post CEO faces ruin after fighting directors’ bonus plan first appeared on FE Week .

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The education secretary has already said goodbye to DfE staff, according to sources The post Williamson reportedly out in Boris’s ‘build back better’ reshuffle first appeared on FE Week .

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“New powers” for the education secretary to intervene in colleges and plans for funding reform have been revealed today as the much-anticipated FE white paper is published. The ‘Skills for Jobs White Paper’ was released this morning and…