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Day 2 of the Marples family’s trial against the DfE begins later this morning, with 3aaa co-founder Peter Marples expected to give evidence. Yesterday the judge heard opening statements in this complex case - read our summary here: feweek.co.uk/wait-for-the-f…

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Thrilled to be at Natspec annual conference in beautiful Stratford-upon-Avon. We'll be hearing from minister Jacqui Smith a little later, along with FE Commissioner Shelagh Legrave and Ofsted's Denise Olander #NatspecNC25

Thrilled to be at <a href="/Natspec/">Natspec</a> annual conference in beautiful Stratford-upon-Avon. 

We'll be hearing from minister <a href="/Jacqui_Smith1/">Jacqui Smith</a> a little later, along with FE Commissioner <a href="/ShelaghLegrave/">Shelagh Legrave</a> and <a href="/Ofstednews/">Ofsted</a>'s Denise Olander

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Good evening! Coming up in FE Week edition 501 ♣️ College CEO £200k club triples since pandemic 🧑‍⚖️ Marples v DfE: First week high court roundup 🥶College sixth form pay freeze could lead to strikes Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/ #TomorrowsPapersToday

Good evening! Coming up in <a href="/FEWeek/">FE Week</a> edition 501

♣️ College CEO £200k club triples since pandemic
🧑‍⚖️ Marples v DfE: First week high court roundup
🥶College sixth form pay freeze could lead to strikes

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I find Ofqual documents opaque and unnecessarily verbose (I don't know how you AOs do it!) So I've written my speed-read (Shane Explains, if you will) on this morning's consultation with apprentices in mind. feweek.co.uk/ofqual-publish…

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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

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Some governance messages are equally as important for specialist colleges as the big GFEs… FE Commissioner: Beware of ‘hero’ principals and ‘dominant’ chairs feweek.co.uk/fe-commissione…

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This is spot on but also terrifying as we're trialling a FSE "bridging" course for ESOL learners next year. This is always the problem which occurs when middle class exam writers (I'm sorry, but they are) try making things familiar. feweek.co.uk/lance-the-boyl…

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Good evening! Coming up in FE Week edition 502 🫸 College pay deal delayed to September 💇AELP national conference roundup 🏗️Industrial strategy explained Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/ #TomorrowsPapersToday

Good evening! Coming up in <a href="/FEWeek/">FE Week</a> edition 502

🫸 College pay deal delayed to September
💇AELP national conference roundup
🏗️Industrial strategy explained

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Good evening! Coming up in FE Week edition 503 ‼️Ofsted slams achievement rate data fudge at Burnley College 💻 Why Prevent referrals in FE are down 🧑‍🏫 Labour’s 6.5k new teachers pledge under scrutiny Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/ #TomorrowsPapersToday

Good evening! Coming up in <a href="/FEWeek/">FE Week</a> edition 503

‼️Ofsted slams achievement rate data fudge at Burnley College
💻 Why Prevent referrals in FE are down
🧑‍🏫 Labour’s 6.5k new teachers pledge under scrutiny

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Fascinating hearing from school teachers at Festival of Education 🇬🇧 that their heads flat out refuse to offer T Levels - not because of curriculum or assessment issues, not because of progression concerns ... but because they don't appear on performance tables

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Earlier this year, the employment tribunal ruled that two managers at City of Liverpool College were unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about a close relative of the principal getting special treatment. A judge has now awarded maximum compensation feweek.co.uk/city-of-liverp…