James Stockdale
            
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          CEO/Board member in UK Skills/FE sector. Musician. Frustrated by politics but can’t tear myself away from it.
      
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      Some suprising twists and turns in the post-16 white paper this evening. 
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          Buckle up for your trusty @feweek.bsky.social roundup:
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New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms
          The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled
        
          
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      What will happen as City & Guilds becomes a commercial company subsidiary? How appropriate was the 'easier and safer' sale option? Read how this deal is era-defining, but questions remain.
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How will the sale of City & Guilds impact the education sector?
          The biggest UK assessment sector news story in 20 years. City & Guilds, synonymous with ‘the trades’ and vocational education, has been sold.
        
          
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      Creating a City & Guilds fit for the fourth industrial revolution | FE Week
    
      
          Creating a City & Guilds fit for the fourth industrial revolution
          City & Guilds’ landmark sale isn’t just a business move but an act of stewardship to futureproof the skills sector, say Ann Limb and Kirstie Donnelly
        
          
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      Do exam owners declare their energy usage? Is the exam sector in denial about its energy usage? Read how AI and video assessment is causing a quantum leap in energy usage. And feel the irony that it's neither benchmarked nor measured!
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Do exam owners declare their energy usage?
          I listened to Rita Bateson FRSA this week at the RM Assessment summit in London, and was struck that for the assessment sector, energy usage remains a critical issue, but still remains a niche topic. ...
        
          
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      ✌️ Breaking: Ministers are poised to announce new V Level qualifications as 'third route' between A-levels and T Levels
    
      
          Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs
          Ministers are poised to announce new qualifications as 'third route' between A-levels and T Levels as colleges prepare to axe applied generals
        
          
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      Says the paper which called judges ‘enemies of the people’, which called us ‘traitors’ and ’saboteurs’
    
        
      The prime minister has warned Reform UK "will tear this country apart" ahead of the Labour party conference
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Starmer takes aim at 'toxic' Reform ahead of Labour conference
          The Labour conference is set to be dominated by questions over how to respond to Nigel Farage's party.
        
          
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