Skills reform Skills Bill: More government defeats as Lords debate careers, universal credit and apprenticeships The “report stage” in the House of Lords ended last night Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Colleges Four winners share the love our colleges prize Students and staff have produced a truly inspiring spread to celebrate Colleges Week Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Adult education Exclusive Devolved subcontracting in the dark Hundreds of millions worth of deals hidden by MCAs Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Why so secret?: Skills and Productivity Board faces challenge on its silences Were they silent, or were they silenced? Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges Social background and college type can affect earnings and progression Social mobility charity Sutton Trust is calling for the pupil premium to extend to 16-19s. FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Adult education, Politics Bootcamps evaluation rings spending review alarm bells The government is oblivious to how many people from the first wave secured a job or received a pay… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges Make climate education compulsory and give us £1.5bn to build sustainable campuses, colleges tell government Their demands have been made in a letter signed by 150 college bosses to prime minister Boris Johnson and… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y FE workforce FE staff offered scholarships to explore gaps in sector’s research The scheme is intended to tackle a ‘historic’ lack of research in the sector Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Presenting a curriculum that works for every learner, whoever they are or whatever they want to be Pearson has launched a free BTEC Options tool. Pearson Btec 4y Pearson Btec 4y Adult education Universal Credit training flexibility extended by six months Learners will continue to be able to receive Universal Credit while studying longer courses Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Prison education Give every prisoner in-cell access to the internet, charity tells chancellor Covid-19 exposed how prisons are ‘stuck in the digital dark ages, says Prisoners’ Education Trust Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges Colleges ‘key’ to net zero strategy, says government Ministers are aiming to support 440,000 net zero jobs by 2030 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 848 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo