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November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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🥇 A refugee-turned-business student and a pioneering ESOL tutor were among the winners at this year’s Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards
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Winners of Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards 2025
10 winners have been announced celebrating London's most inspirational adult learners, organisations, tutors and employers
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November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🥇 A refugee-turned-business student and a pioneering ESOL tutor were among the winners at this year’s Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards
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'Our Nuclear Skills Plan prioritises knowledge transfer'
Mark Rouse spells out the government's plan to avoid a recruitment crisis in nuclear, an industry in which almost one in three workers are aged over 50
Mark Rouse spells out the government's plan to avoid a recruitment crisis in nuclear, an industry in which almost one in three workers are aged over 50
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November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
'Our Nuclear Skills Plan prioritises knowledge transfer'
Mark Rouse spells out the government's plan to avoid a recruitment crisis in nuclear, an industry in which almost one in three workers are aged over 50
Mark Rouse spells out the government's plan to avoid a recruitment crisis in nuclear, an industry in which almost one in three workers are aged over 50
'Although excessive diversity [of qualification] has caused confusion, it often evolved for good reasons'
Curriculum and assessment review panel members Lisa O’Loughlin and John Laramy
Curriculum and assessment review panel members Lisa O’Loughlin and John Laramy
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November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
'Although excessive diversity [of qualification] has caused confusion, it often evolved for good reasons'
Curriculum and assessment review panel members Lisa O’Loughlin and John Laramy
Curriculum and assessment review panel members Lisa O’Loughlin and John Laramy
💼 The Department for Education has bolstered the FE Commissioner’s team with three new deputies amid a shake-up of its FE oversight regime
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DfE announces three new deputy FE commissioners
The Department for Education has bolstered the FE Commissioner’s team with three new deputies amid a shake-up of its FE oversight regime
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November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
💼 The Department for Education has bolstered the FE Commissioner’s team with three new deputies amid a shake-up of its FE oversight regime
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📈 'Inconsistent' training of Prevent practitioners who refer students 'when in doubt' has encouraged over-reporting to the government’s counter-terrorism programme, sparking calls for a rethink from an independent review
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Prevent: Statutory duty led to ‘over-reporting’ of referrals
Independent commission into counterterrorism slams high rate of ‘unnecessary’ Prevent referrals
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November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📈 'Inconsistent' training of Prevent practitioners who refer students 'when in doubt' has encouraged over-reporting to the government’s counter-terrorism programme, sparking calls for a rethink from an independent review
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'Some adjustments will work. Some won’t'
Chris Quickfall of Cognassist on the implications of Ofsted’s new inclusion rules for FE educators
Chris Quickfall of Cognassist on the implications of Ofsted’s new inclusion rules for FE educators
feweek.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
'Some adjustments will work. Some won’t'
Chris Quickfall of Cognassist on the implications of Ofsted’s new inclusion rules for FE educators
Chris Quickfall of Cognassist on the implications of Ofsted’s new inclusion rules for FE educators
🎓 Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to take up degree apprenticeships than to study at elite Russell Group universities, according to new research feweek.co.uk/degree-appre...
Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis
Research reignites warnings that the route risks becoming 'another middle-class preserve'
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November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🎓 Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to take up degree apprenticeships than to study at elite Russell Group universities, according to new research feweek.co.uk/degree-appre...
'Far from being remedial, pathways accelerate readiness'
Gianina Harvey-Brewin challenges the perception that foundation years and CertHEs are 'fallback options' for those who couldn’t make it onto a “real” degree
Gianina Harvey-Brewin challenges the perception that foundation years and CertHEs are 'fallback options' for those who couldn’t make it onto a “real” degree
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November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
'Far from being remedial, pathways accelerate readiness'
Gianina Harvey-Brewin challenges the perception that foundation years and CertHEs are 'fallback options' for those who couldn’t make it onto a “real” degree
Gianina Harvey-Brewin challenges the perception that foundation years and CertHEs are 'fallback options' for those who couldn’t make it onto a “real” degree
💰 Sixth form college teachers have accepted a pay award of 4 per cent but have rejected workload proposals by leaders
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Sixth form college teachers accept 4% pay rise
Pay award goes ‘some way’ to correcting fallout with non-academised teachers earlier this year, says NEU
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November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
💰 Sixth form college teachers have accepted a pay award of 4 per cent but have rejected workload proposals by leaders
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🤝 Weston College has appointed Jane Hadfield as its new permanent chair of governors, following its exit from financial intervention
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NHS Hadfield to chair Weston as college’s condition improves
Health service's apprenticeships lead will lead governing board as college moves out of intervention
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November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🤝 Weston College has appointed Jane Hadfield as its new permanent chair of governors, following its exit from financial intervention
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'There’s a hidden anxiety that many staff and students carry'
Haroon Bashir, University College Birmingham on FE's role when flags divide instead of uniting communities
Haroon Bashir, University College Birmingham on FE's role when flags divide instead of uniting communities
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November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
'There’s a hidden anxiety that many staff and students carry'
Haroon Bashir, University College Birmingham on FE's role when flags divide instead of uniting communities
Haroon Bashir, University College Birmingham on FE's role when flags divide instead of uniting communities
'A shared framework for teaching quality, workforce development and regulation – a framework connecting every part of the education landscape – can help bridge the FE-HE gap'
Dr Katerina Kolyva, @et-foundation.bsky.social
Dr Katerina Kolyva, @et-foundation.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
'A shared framework for teaching quality, workforce development and regulation – a framework connecting every part of the education landscape – can help bridge the FE-HE gap'
Dr Katerina Kolyva, @et-foundation.bsky.social
Dr Katerina Kolyva, @et-foundation.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🕵️ Colleges could be forced to change their leaders if Ofsted finds they are failing to meet local skills needs
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Revealed: New Ofsted triggers for college intervention
Colleges could be forced to change their leaders if Ofsted finds they are failing to meet local skills needs
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November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🕵️ Colleges could be forced to change their leaders if Ofsted finds they are failing to meet local skills needs
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🤫 A new stage of more confidential 'targeted support' has been added to the government’s college oversight regime.
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Private ’targeted support’ to replace public intervention
A new stage of more confidential “targeted support” has been added to the government’s college oversight regime, to avoid formal intervention.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🤫 A new stage of more confidential 'targeted support' has been added to the government’s college oversight regime.
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🔍 Former social mobility commissioner Alan Milburn will lead an ‘uncompromising’ independent investigation into rising numbers of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), the government has announced feweek.co.uk/alan-milburn...
Alan Milburn to lead ‘uncompromising’ review into rising NEETs
Investigation will place specific focus on the impact of mental health and disability
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November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🔍 Former social mobility commissioner Alan Milburn will lead an ‘uncompromising’ independent investigation into rising numbers of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), the government has announced feweek.co.uk/alan-milburn...
🤝 Chris Millward will reprise his role as OfS's director for fair access and participation on a part-time, interim basis next year
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Ministers bring back first OfS fair-access chief
Chris Millward will return on an interim basis after John Blake announced he will stand down as director for fair access and participation
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November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🤝 Chris Millward will reprise his role as OfS's director for fair access and participation on a part-time, interim basis next year
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🤝 Long-serving principal Chris Nattress is set to retire after steering Lakes College out of government intervention feweek.co.uk/cumbrian-col...
Cumbrian college principal retires after 16 years
Chris Nattress will be replaced by Mark Fell at Lakes College
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November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🤝 Long-serving principal Chris Nattress is set to retire after steering Lakes College out of government intervention feweek.co.uk/cumbrian-col...
Britain’s oldest adult learning charity, @weaadulted.bsky.social is opening new doors even as others close, as it navigates the shift from skills for life to skills for work @simonparkinson.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Britain’s oldest adult learning charity, @weaadulted.bsky.social is opening new doors even as others close, as it navigates the shift from skills for life to skills for work @simonparkinson.bsky.social
🏏 This week's movers features a cricket fanatic that founded a women's cricket team in their hometown
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MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 512
This week's movers features a cricket fanatic that founded a women's cricket team in their hometown
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November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🏏 This week's movers features a cricket fanatic that founded a women's cricket team in their hometown
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'It’s about using online delivery where it’s easier to staff'
Mark Dawe of @theskillsnetwork.bsky.social on how online skills delivery can solve ITP staffing shortages
Mark Dawe of @theskillsnetwork.bsky.social on how online skills delivery can solve ITP staffing shortages
feweek.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'It’s about using online delivery where it’s easier to staff'
Mark Dawe of @theskillsnetwork.bsky.social on how online skills delivery can solve ITP staffing shortages
Mark Dawe of @theskillsnetwork.bsky.social on how online skills delivery can solve ITP staffing shortages
'This government's blind spot about employers is beginning to cause problems'
Ben Rowland of AELP on why employers are the most important stakeholders when it comes to skills reforms
Ben Rowland of AELP on why employers are the most important stakeholders when it comes to skills reforms
feweek.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'This government's blind spot about employers is beginning to cause problems'
Ben Rowland of AELP on why employers are the most important stakeholders when it comes to skills reforms
Ben Rowland of AELP on why employers are the most important stakeholders when it comes to skills reforms
🏆 A former refugee-turned-ESOL tutor and an apprentice determined to decarbonise the capital are among this year’s finalists in the Mayor of London adult learning awards
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Refugee-turned-tutor and green apprentice lead London’s learning shortlist
London's most inspiring adult learners, employers and learning organisations have been shortlisted
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November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🏆 A former refugee-turned-ESOL tutor and an apprentice determined to decarbonise the capital are among this year’s finalists in the Mayor of London adult learning awards
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🗣️ A Reform UK mayor’s plans to ditch ESOL courses because they don’t benefit 'native' residents have not yet been copied elsewhere in England, an FE Week investigation has found
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Jenkyns’ Reform of ESOL remains an outlier… for now
A Reform UK mayor’s plans to ditch ESOL courses because they don’t benefit 'native' residents have not yet been copied elsewhere in England.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🗣️ A Reform UK mayor’s plans to ditch ESOL courses because they don’t benefit 'native' residents have not yet been copied elsewhere in England, an FE Week investigation has found
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