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'Remind staff why their work matters' @samparrett1 and @mrawolfe reflect on how for FE to be the sector that changes lives, it must first protect the people who run it feweek.co.uk/leader-wellbein…

'Quality should be judged by impact, not institution type' @stuartallen14 , @SCLeducation makes the case for why ITPs must be protected in the switch to T and V Levels feweek.co.uk/post-16-reforms…

'In the UK one in seven people are neurodiverse. Yet when it comes to FE leadership, those voices remain largely invisible' Imran Mir, Apex College Leicester feweek.co.uk/to-lead-on-incl…

🆕 Nearly a dozen college principals awarded gongs in the new year honours list alongside a WorldSkiills UK gold medallist feweek.co.uk/new-year-honour…

⭐️ From everyone at EducationScape and FE Week, we wish you all a very happy festive break. ⭐️

🎓 A former college principal and awarding body chair who was recently appointed to the House of Lords has admitted incorrectly claiming that she had a PhD feweek.co.uk/new-peer-and-fo…

🇪🇺 Ministers have agreed terms with the EU to rejoin the Erasmus+ study abroad scheme from 2027 feweek.co.uk/uk-to-rejoin-er…

🆕 Skills England has published the first batch of 93 apprenticeships that will be revised through the government’s controversial new assessment approach feweek.co.uk/revealed-first-…

🇬🇷 The new private owners of awarding giant City & Guilds are planning to cut its workforce bill by relocating some job roles to Greece where personnel costs are 'up to 50% lower' feweek.co.uk/some-city-guild…

🏗️ Metro mayors and local leaders will be allocated £283 million to 'boost capacity in colleges' and offer more construction courses next year feweek.co.uk/local-leaders-t…

'Not only investing in, but rejuvenating our current ESOL offering can be the key to meeting skills gaps' Diana Sutton of The Bell Foundation on the need for a national ESOL strategy as councils toy with cuts to provision feweek.co.uk/esol-addresses-…

'We are viewed as independent or exclusive, which creates barriers' Ben Bastin, @Natspec on the transformative power of specialist FE feweek.co.uk/specialist-coll…

🆕Breaking: Dame Ann Limb has been made a life peer, becoming the first former FE college principal to join the House of Lords feweek.co.uk/dame-ann-limb-b…

👇 Awarding giant Pearson has fallen out of the top 10 largest apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations after almost halving its number of EPA completions last year feweek.co.uk/pearson-drops-o…

'35% of employers believe they lack suitable tasks' @John_Yarham , @CareerEnt on solving the blockers to work experience feweek.co.uk/work-experience…

With EHCP demand rising, tribunals increasing and councils facing unsustainable deficits, we look at the specialist colleges forming partnerships in their communities that could provide part of the solution to the SEND crisis @Natspec feweek.co.uk/send-first-clas…

👏Exceptional college student and staff social action heroes were revealed this afternoon at the Good for Me Good for FE awards winners’ ceremony feweek.co.uk/fundraising-and…

🏆We are thrilled to reveal the 2026 finalists for the Apprenticeship & Training Awards after a record number of nominations from training providers, employers, colleges and universities feweek.co.uk/apprenticeship-…

💻Major awarding organisation NCFE has been forced to cancel assessments and shut down its online systems following a 'cyber security incident' feweek.co.uk/ncfe-shuts-down…