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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 9

🗞️This week's FE Week front page: Cohesion in colleges: One year on from last summer’s riots, has the smoke really cleared on the tensions dividing communities? Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/ #TomorrowsPapersToday

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FE Week@FEWeek · 4 h

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FE Week@FEWeek · 5 h

'I have the freedom to choose my route, many don’t' @dawe_mark of @skillsnetworkuk Discover why ignoring e-learning in our devolved world might feel like an uphill battle feweek.co.uk/online-learnin…

FEWeek's tweet card. As power shifts to regions, online education must be part of the plan – or risk deepening inequality

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FE Week@FEWeek · 8 h

🆕 The Department for Education overspent its apprenticeships budget for the first time last year in what has been described as a 'landmark moment' feweek.co.uk/dfe-raids-budg…

FEWeek's tweet card. Experts warn that further ‘trade-offs’ may need to be made in future

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FE Week@FEWeek · 16 h

'I have the freedom to choose my route, many don’t' @dawe_mark of @skillsnetworkuk on why not embracing online learning in the devolved age might feel like uphill running feweek.co.uk/online-learnin…

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 23

📚 Raising the age to which children must participate in school, college or training to 18 has seen 'limited impact' ten years after implementation, a study suggests feweek.co.uk/raising-partic…

FEWeek's tweet card. But researchers say the policy has 'untapped potential to expand learning opportunities' as they call for a review

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 23

Suzanne Straw of @TheNFER on what its research reveals about the success of pre-reform level 4/5 courses, and the implications for HTQs feweek.co.uk/why-htqs-have-…

FEWeek's tweet card. Learners on pre-reform level 4/5 courses now report a real career impact. The pressure's on for HTQs to deliver

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 23

📣 Featured Job Alert ℹ️ Role: Chief Finance and Operations Officer 🏢 Org: @BoltonCollege / @FEInsights 📍 Location: Bolton 💷 Salary: Competitive Salary 🗓️ Deadline: 07/08/25 More info: buff.ly/O7eYSUq #EducationLeadership #FEJobs #FinanceJobs

FEWeek's tweet card. Bolton College, a key vocational education provider within the Bolton borough and a member of the University of Greater Manchester Group, is committed to offering a comprehensive 'cradle to PhD'...

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🌱 Missed our #EatYourGreens webinar series with @FEWeek and @EducationScape? Over four insightful episodes, we explored the future of green skills and retrofit in the UK - covering everything from insulation to heat pumps. Catch up on all episodes here: tinyurl.com/bddnss47

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 22

🪓 Tens of thousands of youngsters are at risk of falling through a 'qualifications gap' in key areas of the economy because of the government’s plan to scrap BTECs, campaigners estimate feweek.co.uk/btecs-axe-will…

FEWeek's tweet card. Report claims key areas of the economy will be hit by scrapping ‘vital’ courses amid slow T Levels growth

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 22

🎯 Ofsted has missed nearly all internal inspection targets this year, its staff are less positive about working there and one in ten left, the watchdog’s annual report and accounts reveal feweek.co.uk/missed-inspect…

FEWeek's tweet card. Watchdog missed all but one of its internal inspection targets this year

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 22

'CEOs and chairs handpick governors who won’t challenge them' Governance professional @technologyfox on why FE governance needs an overhaul feweek.co.uk/term-limits-an…

FEWeek's tweet card. We need to reform FE governance before the next Weston College-style scandal hits

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 22

🔍 Two former education secretaries, union leaders and a college membership body boss have been named as members of a new inquiry launched to investigate the educational outcomes of white working-class children feweek.co.uk/members-reveal…

FEWeek's tweet card. Union leaders and two former education secretaries to lead group investigating issue

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 21

✋ New legislation will give mayors powers to appoint 'commissioners' to lead on delivery of their skills and employment policies feweek.co.uk/legislation-pa…

FEWeek's tweet card. New legislation will give mayors powers to appoint 'commissioners' to lead on delivery of their skills and employment policies.

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 21

📰 FE Week Weekly News Update Check out this week's news summary. If you still need to register for our newsletter updates, you can sign-up at the below link. 🔗 mailchi.mp/mkt.educations…

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 21

For the bottom 10%, progress has flatlined in GCSE core subjects - raising urgent questions about support for disadvantaged learners, say Andrew Otty and Robbie Maris feweek.co.uk/bottom-10-per-…

FEWeek's tweet card. A decade of GCSE resits and curriculum reforms saw England’s young adults surging up global skills rankings

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 20

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 19

The simple opt-in voter registration process underway at @TSCG_CollegeGrp is making a big impact, says Michelle McLaughlin - is it time for other colleges to follow suit? feweek.co.uk/colleges-can-p…

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 19

From ancient Greek day-runners to modern marathoners, the purpose of skills evolves—just like education @daisychristo of @nmmarking on the changing purpose of writing in an AI world feweek.co.uk/what-ancient-r…

FEWeek's tweet card. The marathon-running paradox reveals a deeper debate about AI in education

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 18

'Data can be transmitted to servers in unknown locations' Rien Sach of Aptem on the dangers of training provider staff relying on 'shadow AI' feweek.co.uk/a-copy-and-pas…

FEWeek's tweet card. For apprenticeship providers with sensitive funding and learner data, ‘shadow AI’ poses GDPR and security risk

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FE Week@FEWeek · Jul 18

🔯 At least one hundred college staff will be offered a scholarship to train up on tackling antisemitism – after the government finally awarded a delayed £7m contract feweek.co.uk/college-staff-…

FEWeek's tweet card. Long-awaited £7m training contract will also help colleges navigate 'difficult' conversations on Israel-Gaza conflict

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