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Posts

• #LoveOurColleges week is here! Here’s how to take part
• ‘The confidence to keep going’
• 3 students’ journey to work placement, employment and beyond!
• A dynamic and collaborative sector
• A smooth transition
• Announcing the TechAbility Conference – Raising Standards
• Apply now for new TechAbility role
• Are Students at the Centre of our Technology Provision?
• Asset based development: “Every individual has a gift to give”
• Benjamin’s story: moving on to work and life
• Charlotte’s story: Soaring through college and life
• Competing with the best
• Cooking up a storm & earning new skills
• Eliot opens his own business
• Erasmus+ social inclusion project
• ETF Study Programmes toolkit launch for SEND FE
• Expired: Finance Operations Manager
• Finding her voice
• Flourishing at work
• Foxes Academy wins FE Provider of the Year
• Freedom to move on her own
• Gaining ground and new experiences
• Government consultation on reviewing SEND funding May 2019
• Hard work paid off
• High Needs, High Aspirations: Natspec National Conference 2019
• His confidence has grown
• I loved working in a hotel
• I want to be independent
• Inclusive Skills competition finals 2017
• Inclusive Skills Competitions 2018
• Key Facts: High needs provision in FE
• Latest news from DfE
• Latest SEND statistics and news from DfE
• Learner voice: new research project
• Learning Disability Week 2018: Highlights
• Lee wins national competition
• Lee wins supported internship
• Lenehan review of residential education published
• Lessons from the election for SEND Professionals
• Liam’s journey: digging his way to success!
• Making work experience count
• Maths Week 2019 Winner Announced
• Maths Week winners announced
• Mechanical interest turns into employment
• Meet David Smith MBE at the Natspec conference
• Megan’s story: from college, to work and life.
• Moving on to an Apprenticeship
• National Numeracy Day 2019
• National Star College receives Outstanding judgement
• National Star wins Specialist Provider of the Year
• Natspec and ACER deliver new ETF Project
• Natspec delegates speak to TechAbility experts
• Natspec events announcement: 2018
• Natspec Games 2018
• Natspec Games hailed a success
• Natspec Highlights | April 2019
• Natspec Highlights | May 2019
• Natspec Network | December Highlights
• Natspec Network | February 2019 Highlights
• Natspec Network | January 2019 Highlights
• Natspec Network | March 2019 Highlights
• Natspec Network: July Highlights
• Natspec Network: June Highlights
• Natspec Network: November Highlights
• Natspec Network: September highlights
• Natspec News
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• Natspec News February 2017
• Natspec response to Improving Lives: DWP Green Paper
• Natspec’s response to the Ofsted Annual Report
• Next stop – university
• Not one job – but three!
• Now I have my own flat
• Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework
• Ofsted’s Nigel Evans says farewell to Natspec
• Oliver’s story: Exceeding expectations
• Olivia’s story: going from strength to strength!
• Orpheus student Awa pursues her dream of directing
• Outstanding! Natspec colleges receive highest grade
• Paralympian joins conference
• Praised for his motivation
• QAC student causes a stir at local café
• Review of school exclusions and new fund for alternative provision announced
• Rhys’ story: Rising star secures job at FTSE 100 company
• Robert’s story: From school to independent living
• Role of residential specialist colleges
• Shadow Minister sets out Labour’s vision for education
• She’s so keen to work
• Sir Richard Stilgoe speaks at conference and helps celebrate Maths Week
• So excited to have a job
• Student Voice Parliament
• Students speak out
• TechAbility Conference 2018: Summary
• Technology makes a difference
• Technology project launched
• The postcode lottery of post-19 education provision
• The stage is her dream
• These girls can!
• Two years of Student Parliament
• Upcoming Natspec Games 2019
• When is new FE provision for SEND students needed, and how do we ensure quality?
• Work Experience Students at Natspec’s National Conference
• Your views wanted
• “High Needs funding under intolerable pressure” Dame Christine Lenehan
• “Law trumps policy” ISPEA CEO Ali Fiddy navigates SEND and the law
• SEND funding announcement: Natspec response