Skills reform

DfE expanding FE teacher recruitment programme with £3m tender

Suppliers are being sought to bring as many as 4,000 teachers into the further education sector by 2025, as…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Experienced sector leader appointed new Hull College Group chair

The former principal of Trafford College has been made the new chair of Hull College Group, FE Week can…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Externally-set papers aren’t ‘exams by the back door’, says Ofqual chief

Proposals for externally-set papers to help inform teacher GCSE and A-level grades this year are not “exams by the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Mayors want more courses included under lifetime skills guarantee

Regional mayors are preparing to plead for courses to be added to the government’s lifetime skills guarantee offer after…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Registrations for DfE’s £1m ‘skills toolkit’ could be from all around the globe

Registrations for courses on the government’s “skills toolkit” that have been celebrated by ministers could be coming from anywhere…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Influential MP calls for inquiry over fears £2bn Kickstart scheme has become ‘chancer’s charter’

The chair of an influential committee of MPs has called for an investigation into the government’s Kickstart scheme after…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


News

Flagship £50m skills bootcamps prioritise courses dominated by men

The government’s £50 million rollout of the skills bootcamps policy has come under fire for only funding sectors heavily…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

WorldSkills Diversity and Inclusion Heroes award winners 2021

An apprentice who hosted STEM career events at schools, and a provider giving back to the LGBTQ+ community have…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

New data shows improved picture for apprenticeship starts amid pandemic

Apprenticeship starts appear to be recovering after new data showed a less dramatic percentage drop amid the pandemic. Figures…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Colleges to reopen by 8 March at the earliest, DfE confirms

Colleges will begin reopening to more students from 8 March if the government’s Covid-19 vaccination targets are met, the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Revealed: How employers claim the £1,000 traineeship incentive

Employers can claim the government’s promised £1,000 for a completed traineeship work placement using an online form from today….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

PAC college financial sustainability report: The 7 recommendations

The Public Accounts Committee has set the Department for Education a list of tasks to address the “fragile” financial…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

Must read

Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen