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“For many young people, specialist FE is the first place where education truly works. But without regulatory recognition, equitable funding and a workforce plan, we risk failing those who need it most.”
Our chair explaining why #ThePowerOfSpecialistFE campaign is needed.
'We are viewed as independent or exclusive, which creates barriers'
Ben Bastin, @Natspec on the transformative power of specialist FE
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Let's stop calling young people “NEETs”. It sounds more like a disease to be rid of than a description of young people’s lives. Alan Milburn is perfect choice to tackle a national crisis: one million young people seeking education and work. @FEWeek feweek.co.uk/milburns-the-ma…
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🚨NEW PODCAST🚨
Does the Post 16 White Paper have the right answers, or even the right questions?
@nickhillman and @shanechowen explore what lies ahead for HE and FE respectively under the Government's proposed reforms.
Listen here: insideyoured.com
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FE needs its own SEND solutions. Ruth Perry, Natspec’s senior policy manager, makes a final plea for proper consideration by govt of colleges & 16-25s with SEND in the upcoming schools white paper.
Being bunched with schools in the upcoming schools white paper means FE is made to take medicine for symptoms it is not suffering from. What are the consequences?
Ruth Perry, @Natspec
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The nominations window for the Good for Me Good for FE Awards has been extended! 🌟
You now have until Tuesday 14 October (5pm) to nominate your amazing staff and students to recognise and celebrate their incredible volunteering and fundraising achievements 👇 goodformegoodforfe.co.uk/awa…
All nominees will receive a certificate, and finalists will be announced at the AoC Conference on Wednesday 19 November and invited to the awarding ceremony at the House of Lords on Friday 5 December, with their guests and Principals! #G4MeG4FE @AoC_info @NCFE @FEWeek
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EXCLUSIVE:
Apprentices have been “left stranded” by bugs in a £1.2 million Department for Education app, @FEWeek can reveal.
MPs and industry bodies have urged the govt. to lay out a plan to fix the Fujitsu-linked scheme
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Nominations for the Good for Me Good for FE Awards 2025 are now OPEN! Nominate your amazing staff and students to celebrate their incredible volunteering and fundraising achievements 👇goodformegoodforfe.co.uk/awa…
Finalists will be announced at the @AoC_info Conference on Wednesday 19 November and invited to the awarding ceremony at the House of Lords on Friday 5 December! #G4MeG4FE @FEWeek @NCFE
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Huge new agenda but if anyone can do it, Jacqui Smith can. @Jacqui_Smith1
Thanks to FE Week for encouraging me to reflect on the last 25 years of departmental changes. @FEWeek
'The real world of skills and retaining doesn’t fit neatly into departmental silos'
@SusanPember of @HOLEXPolicy on how the recent reshuffle, giving @Jacqui_Smith1
two bosses, bodes for FE
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We’re pleased to have our media partner, @FEWeek, on location with us at EuroSkills Herning 2025! We’re grateful for their support in celebrating Team UK and shining a spotlight on their success.
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#TeamUK, in partnership with @PearsonBTECAppr
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Chair @FrancisAlun recently spoke to @FEWeek discussing the need to shift focus from deficit narratives to understanding when and how poverty impacts education—and recognise the strengths that lead some children to excel.
Read the full article: bit.ly/45pgKIW
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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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We’re proud to see our Principal & CEO, Jeremy Kerswell, featured in @FEWeek! 👏
The article highlights his leadership at Plumpton College and his role as Chair of @LandexUK, championing land-based education across the UK.
Read here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0lFyDr0
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A temporary fix to a systemic problem - govt didn’t really have a choice short of writing debt off completely. Any future funding solutions have to work for colleges too - building HN into national 16 to 19 formula would be a start
🛟 An accounting loophole keeping spiralling SEND deficits from bankrupting councils has been extended for two years
feweek.co.uk/send-deficits-t…
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Colleges and schools have already been using AI in this way for years. The timing of this announcement feels like too little, too late to me
👩💻 Colleges could use AI to help monitor attendance patterns, generate tender documents and come up with ideas for lessons, new government toolkits have said
feweek.co.uk/ai-guidance-for…
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🌿 Tomorrow at 12:15pm!
Join us for the first Eat Your Greens webinar: Intro to Insulation 🏠
Learn about demand, funding and our qualifications to close the green skills gap.
Free & just 45 mins!
🔗 tinyurl.com/79cv939w
#GreenSkills #Sustainability @FEWeek
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Companies are on the hunt for AI-skilled employees. So colleges should take note & build AI into curricula. That's surely a no-brainer. 🧠
Great to write on this for @FEWeek 👇
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I’ve written an op-ed for @FEWeek about children in prison.
I still remember my first YOI visit and seeing a pile of familiar children’s books, including Jacqueline Wilson’s Sleepovers, outside the cell of a boy who had to be unlocked by three prison officers wearing riot gear.
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UK! Time to get behind TEAM UK!!
🏅 Nineteen talented apprentices and students from across the UK will travel to Denmark this September to compete in their trades against Europe’s best at the EuroSkills competition
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Our commissioning editor @jessjanehill has put together this excellent how-to guide on writing opinion pieces for @FEWeek
We would *love* to see more of your views, insights and ideas published on our website and in our newspaper
feweek.co.uk/how-to-write-fo…
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A snippet of our investigation: a coding firm that was paid £millions by the gov to run free training courses, was caught trying to charge students. FOI requests showed that the DfE has received complaints regarding almost a quarter of all its skills bootcamp providers. @FEWeek