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Alan Thomson
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WorldSkills winners out-medal British athletes
Team UK win three gold and six bronze medals
11 September 2009
FE: 157 Group pilot scheme takes UK diplomas to the Far East
Partnerships initiative will make college-branded qualifications available to students in China
11 September 2009
Flybe’s academy gains cash take-off
11 September 2009
Expand colleges, say Lib Dems
Policy document backs calls to give colleges given their own foundation degree awarding powers
11 September 2009
IT bulk-buying could save millions
4 September 2009
Comment: From Camelot to corporate - Silver’s last golden nuggets
One of further education’s star principals, Ruth Silver, retires this week. Alan Thomson discusses the profession’s past, present and future with learning’s Dame of defiance
4 September 2009