News Carillion, largest employer of construction apprentices, goes into liquidation The UK’s largest employer of construction apprentices has gone into liquidation, leaving the future of hundreds of 16 to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News SPONSORED: How to prepare for the new data protection laws Demand from our further education members for information and advice on the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has… Features Team 8y Features Team 8y News Milton to launch national Year of Engineering Update, 11am, January 15: The Department for Education called FE Week to say that the minister’s visit to the National… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Chartered status: when will the government subsidies end? The Chartered Institution for Further Education, the brainchild of the former skills minister John Hayes, was first conceived back… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive Anger as ESFA dodges MPs’ scrutiny on subcontracting fees The government has been accused of shocking double standards on transparency, admitting it probably won’t publish its long-delayed findings… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed A college has accepted that its former principal Sunaina Mann was unfairly constructively dismissed, after she brought her case… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Could Hinds’ experience make T-levels work? Damian Hinds has been appointed as the new education secretary and, with a background including responsibility for youth employment… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted watch: Two providers climb out of ‘inadequate’ but one slumps the other way Two training providers pulled themselves away from ‘inadequate’ ratings this week, but one went the other way and plummeted… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Government search site is flooded with hundreds of ‘locations’ for the same providers Training providers are flooding the government’s Find Apprenticeship Training website with hundreds of locations they have no permanent presence… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Non-levy tender appeals are lucky for some Multiple providers have successfully overturned the government’s decisions not to award them contracts in the controversial non-levy tender –… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Atkins’ aides: Principals appointed to advise DfE A crack team of seven top principals has been chosen by the FE commissioner to advise government officials on… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Struggling college awarded £21m to make merger work A struggling college received a massive £21 million bailout from the government as part of its recent merger deal,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo Qualifications 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo