News Public Accounts Committee calls for evidence ahead of Learndirect hearing UPDATE: The PAC has confirmed this hearing will start from 4pm on Monday January 15, and confirmed the witnesses… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Institute for Apprenticeships to lose its deputy chief The Institute for Apprenticeships is losing a vital member of staff, one who was “instrumental” in setting up the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News First college merger plan for 2018 launched in the south-east Two large colleges in the south-east, which teach a combined total of nearly 30,000 FE students every year, have… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Nick Boles: Behind the scenes on the birth of the apprenticeship levy The architect of the apprenticeship levy gives his own account of how this landmark policy was brought to fruition,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Top ten: FE Week most read news in 2017 FE Week is known for investing in high quality investigative news and with three and a half million page… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Adult learning champion honoured with knighthood A man who spent decades spearheading the fight to raise the profile of adult learning has been knighted in… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Who got what in Queen’s New Year honours for FE? The bosses of two colleges located just 10 miles apart have been awarded CBEs in the Queen’s new year’s… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ tidings for FE providers before Christmas Ofsted has delivered an early Christmas present to FE, with six providers climbing up the rankings including one college… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Barnardo’s left stranded by non-levy tender Children’s charity Barnardo’s has been left stranded without an apprenticeship training contract through the controversial non-levy tender. The huge… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Non levy tender update: First contracts to be awarded from tomorrow Contracts from the much-delayed non-levy tender will finally be given out from tomorrow, the government has announced. It remains… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofqual will regulate T-levels, boss insists Ofqual will play a vital role in regulating T-levels, the chief regulator has said. Sally Collier, who was appointed… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Skills minister personally delays controversial Kensington college merger A controversial merger between two London colleges has been delayed after an intervention from the skills minister and the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 842 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
