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Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships assessment plans
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What it really takes to stop a young person becoming NEET
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Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships assessment plans
&
What it really takes to stop a young person becoming NEET
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
'90% of those who've completed an apprenticeship with us went on to join us in a full-time position'
Monique Macauley, STEP academy trust on how school apprenticeships are quietly transforming how they recruit, train and retain talent
Monique Macauley, STEP academy trust on how school apprenticeships are quietly transforming how they recruit, train and retain talent
feweek.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'90% of those who've completed an apprenticeship with us went on to join us in a full-time position'
Monique Macauley, STEP academy trust on how school apprenticeships are quietly transforming how they recruit, train and retain talent
Monique Macauley, STEP academy trust on how school apprenticeships are quietly transforming how they recruit, train and retain talent
The minimum hourly wage for apprentices will be boosted to £8 next April, the chancellor has announced feweek.co.uk/apprentice-m...
Apprentice minimum wage to rise to £8
New hourly rate will apply from April 2026, chancellor set to announce at tomorrow’s budget
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November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The minimum hourly wage for apprentices will be boosted to £8 next April, the chancellor has announced feweek.co.uk/apprentice-m...
🏆 Four colleges have been named among the winners of the 2025 Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education
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Royal recognition: 4 colleges win top national prize
Queen Elizabeth Prizes announced for disruptive construction training, AI-powered ESOL, automotive skills leadership and an SME innovator
feweek.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🏆 Four colleges have been named among the winners of the 2025 Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education
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Intervention programmes can be effective – but only if staff consider student motivations, make themselves available and speak with one voice
Carla Campbell, LSEC
Carla Campbell, LSEC
feweek.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Intervention programmes can be effective – but only if staff consider student motivations, make themselves available and speak with one voice
Carla Campbell, LSEC
Carla Campbell, LSEC
A deep dive feature on pressures facing NEET provision, from pastoral care demands to an instable employability market and restrictive funding rules ⬇️
feweek.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A deep dive feature on pressures facing NEET provision, from pastoral care demands to an instable employability market and restrictive funding rules ⬇️
😳 Colleges are being asked to do more with less, says the IFS, in new analysis of the government's white paper reforms vs funding
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White paper asks colleges to do more with less, says IFS
Top economists warn that the government's further education and skills reform plans 'do not add up to a coherent strategy'
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November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
😳 Colleges are being asked to do more with less, says the IFS, in new analysis of the government's white paper reforms vs funding
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November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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🍿 Our FE movers this week have had several star-studded encounters including Nicole Kidman, Samuel L. Jackson and Boyzone
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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 513
Our FE movers this week have had several star-studded encounters including Nicole Kidman, Samuel L. Jackson and Boyzone
feweek.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🍿 Our FE movers this week have had several star-studded encounters including Nicole Kidman, Samuel L. Jackson and Boyzone
feweek.co.uk/movers-and-s...
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'Only a small number of colleges deliver transnational education'
Dr Rossi Vogler of the British Council on how transnational education could be a powerful tool for exporting UK FE teaching expertise
Dr Rossi Vogler of the British Council on how transnational education could be a powerful tool for exporting UK FE teaching expertise
feweek.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'Only a small number of colleges deliver transnational education'
Dr Rossi Vogler of the British Council on how transnational education could be a powerful tool for exporting UK FE teaching expertise
Dr Rossi Vogler of the British Council on how transnational education could be a powerful tool for exporting UK FE teaching expertise
'Fragmentation is holding everyone back'
Lindsay Conroy, The 5% Club on what's really putting off employers from training
Lindsay Conroy, The 5% Club on what's really putting off employers from training
feweek.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'Fragmentation is holding everyone back'
Lindsay Conroy, The 5% Club on what's really putting off employers from training
Lindsay Conroy, The 5% Club on what's really putting off employers from training
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What are you doing during 1-5 December to celebrate #ThePowerofSpecialistFE movement?
#SpecialistFEWorksForMe
#SpecialistFEWorksForMe
'Beyond the awareness week, The Power of Specialist FE is a movement'
Clare Howard, @natspec.bsky.social on the new campaign that puts FE SEND specialists centre stage
@plmr.education
Clare Howard, @natspec.bsky.social on the new campaign that puts FE SEND specialists centre stage
@plmr.education
feweek.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What are you doing during 1-5 December to celebrate #ThePowerofSpecialistFE movement?
#SpecialistFEWorksForMe
#SpecialistFEWorksForMe
👮 None of England’s young offender institutions provided children in their care with the education they were entitled to during the last three years, an FE Week probe has revealed
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England's three YOIs fail 15-hour education requirement
None of England’s young offender institutions provided children in their care with the education they were entitled to during the last three years reveals probe
feweek.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
👮 None of England’s young offender institutions provided children in their care with the education they were entitled to during the last three years, an FE Week probe has revealed
feweek.co.uk/englands-thr...
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'Every extra field or keystroke added to the enrolment process has a real and significant cost'
@ipryce.bsky.social on the unforseen consequences of the skills white paper's plans for autoenrolment
@ipryce.bsky.social on the unforseen consequences of the skills white paper's plans for autoenrolment
feweek.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'Every extra field or keystroke added to the enrolment process has a real and significant cost'
@ipryce.bsky.social on the unforseen consequences of the skills white paper's plans for autoenrolment
@ipryce.bsky.social on the unforseen consequences of the skills white paper's plans for autoenrolment
Investigation: Ministers are facing a 'tsunami' of employer backlash against their apprenticeship assessment reforms that are being 'bulldozed' through despite widespread safety fears feweek.co.uk/business-bac...
Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships
Ministers are facing a “tsunami” of employer backlash against their apprenticeship assessment reforms that are being “bulldozed” through despite widespread safety fears. FE Week understands that…
feweek.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Investigation: Ministers are facing a 'tsunami' of employer backlash against their apprenticeship assessment reforms that are being 'bulldozed' through despite widespread safety fears feweek.co.uk/business-bac...
🗞️This week's FE Week front page:
Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships assessment plans
&
What it really takes to stop a young person becoming NEET
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships assessment plans
&
What it really takes to stop a young person becoming NEET
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🗞️This week's FE Week front page:
Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships assessment plans
&
What it really takes to stop a young person becoming NEET
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
Business backlash builds over ‘dumbed down’ apprenticeships assessment plans
&
What it really takes to stop a young person becoming NEET
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
🪧 Around 400 adult learners and college lecturers descended on Parliament this week to demand their MPs seek a reversal of adult education funding cuts
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Reverse adult education cuts now, protesters tell MPs
Hundreds of adult education advocates lobby MPs to pay attention to funding cuts
feweek.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🪧 Around 400 adult learners and college lecturers descended on Parliament this week to demand their MPs seek a reversal of adult education funding cuts
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🆕 Ofsted's deputy chief inspector Matthew Coffey - whose career began as an FE teacher - will retire next month after nearly 30 years in senior education inspection roles
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Ofsted deputy chief Matthew Coffey to retire
The former FE teacher will leave Ofsted next month after nearly 30 years in senior inspection roles
feweek.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🆕 Ofsted's deputy chief inspector Matthew Coffey - whose career began as an FE teacher - will retire next month after nearly 30 years in senior education inspection roles
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'Beyond the awareness week, The Power of Specialist FE is a movement'
Clare Howard, @natspec.bsky.social on the new campaign that puts FE SEND specialists centre stage
@plmr.education
Clare Howard, @natspec.bsky.social on the new campaign that puts FE SEND specialists centre stage
@plmr.education
feweek.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'Beyond the awareness week, The Power of Specialist FE is a movement'
Clare Howard, @natspec.bsky.social on the new campaign that puts FE SEND specialists centre stage
@plmr.education
Clare Howard, @natspec.bsky.social on the new campaign that puts FE SEND specialists centre stage
@plmr.education
✨ Ofsted’s refreshed approach to inspection and new focus on inclusion represents a 'chance to shine' for the FE sector, chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver has told college leaders feweek.co.uk/new-ofsted-i...
New Ofsted inspection process is FE sector’s ‘chance to shine’, says Oliver
Watchdog also reveals it will publish first report cards in batches ‘so no one feels exposed’
feweek.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
✨ Ofsted’s refreshed approach to inspection and new focus on inclusion represents a 'chance to shine' for the FE sector, chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver has told college leaders feweek.co.uk/new-ofsted-i...
'Every outsourced role is one less chance for UK talent to gain experience'
Sarah Beale, AAT on how accountants' roles are evolving, and training needs to catch up
Sarah Beale, AAT on how accountants' roles are evolving, and training needs to catch up
feweek.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'Every outsourced role is one less chance for UK talent to gain experience'
Sarah Beale, AAT on how accountants' roles are evolving, and training needs to catch up
Sarah Beale, AAT on how accountants' roles are evolving, and training needs to catch up
🏆Finalists for this year's Good for Me Good FE awards have just been announced at AoC conference.
Find out who has made the shortlist 👇
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Find out who has made the shortlist 👇
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Finalists revealed for 2025 Good for Me Good for FE awards
Judges have selected 24 college staff, students and projects for this year's awards
feweek.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🏆Finalists for this year's Good for Me Good FE awards have just been announced at AoC conference.
Find out who has made the shortlist 👇
feweek.co.uk/finalists-re...
Find out who has made the shortlist 👇
feweek.co.uk/finalists-re...
🔀 Further and higher education leaders will be expected to share employer intelligence, research on local skills needs and details about training provision with each other under new local skills improvement plan guidance published by Skills England today
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LSIPs 2.0: Colleges and universities told to pool knowledge
New guidance builds on white paper pledge for ‘more coherent’ post-16 pathways
feweek.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🔀 Further and higher education leaders will be expected to share employer intelligence, research on local skills needs and details about training provision with each other under new local skills improvement plan guidance published by Skills England today
feweek.co.uk/lsips-2-0-co...
feweek.co.uk/lsips-2-0-co...
'How can evidence be trusted in a world awash with AI?'
AI is also being used against teachers. It’s only a matter of time before lives are ruined.
David Murray, Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
AI is also being used against teachers. It’s only a matter of time before lives are ruined.
David Murray, Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
feweek.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
'How can evidence be trusted in a world awash with AI?'
AI is also being used against teachers. It’s only a matter of time before lives are ruined.
David Murray, Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
AI is also being used against teachers. It’s only a matter of time before lives are ruined.
David Murray, Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
🛠️ The Office for Students has announced 134 colleges will receive over £20 million in funding to invest in their buildings, facilities and equipment
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FE colleges take £20m slice of OfS capital funding
134 colleges awarded a fifth of £92m pot to 'address the government’s industrial strategy and priority sectors'
feweek.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🛠️ The Office for Students has announced 134 colleges will receive over £20 million in funding to invest in their buildings, facilities and equipment
feweek.co.uk/fe-colleges-...
feweek.co.uk/fe-colleges-...