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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell voices his concerns about apprentices from poor backgrounds being denied financial support available to college learners

Ministers need to make sure financial incentives for apprenticeships are in place – or they’ll be left counting the political cost

When Ofsted calls you ‘inadequate’, it can be liberating to speak up

David Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, releases details of plans to change its membership fees and regional bodies

Incumbent Sally Hunt is favourite to be re-elected as the University and College Union’s general secretary, but whoever wins the ballot faces a difficult challenge in keeping the union strong

The US is switching from dignified Barack Obama to a more combative Donald Trump – but Ofsted may be moving in the opposite direction as Amanda Spielman takes over from Sir Michael Wilshaw