News SPONSORED: Transformative tech for learning providers Technologies like Canvas can help learning providers deliver a flexible, student-centred learning approach that focuses on meeting the market’s… Features Team 8y Features Team 8y News Exclusive Special interview: Minister speaks to FE Week about careers strategy The long-awaited careers strategy was revealed to the world in a conference hall in Solihull earlier today. FE Week… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Robert Halfon: Consolidate the UK’s ‘duplicated’ careers services The Careers and Enterprise Company and the National Careers Service should be brought under a single umbrella to avoid… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Anne Milton finally unveils much-delayed careers strategy The long-overdue careers strategy has finally been unveiled by the apprenticeships and skills minister, at the Careers Development Institute’s… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Is FE ready for the big apprenticeship frameworks switch-off? The process of closing the old-style apprenticeship frameworks to new starts began in March 2016, but only those with… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Who will run the FE centres of excellence for maths? The autumn budget brought with it a commitment from the government to invest £40 million in new further education… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Complaints over apprenticeship payments system breakdown The government has been swamped with complaints about its malfunctioning apprenticeship payment systems, which are incorrectly demanding cash from… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Breaking: Non-levy tendering funding decisions to be revealed next week The government has announced that it finally expect to issue notices of decisions to providers next week, on the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted Watch: Success for colleges but ITP rated ‘inadequate’ Two colleges have seen their grades go up to ‘good’ this week – but three previously uninspected providers haven’t… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Government delays on subcontracting charges The government has been accused of double standards on subcontracting charges, after it missed its own deadline for issuing… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship standards left in limbo by IfA red tape Thirteen separate apprenticeship standards with approved assessment plans have been left in limbo for two or more months because… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News T-levels: DfE won’t consult on 3-month work placements The education secretary has ruled out T-levels at level two and will not budge on mandatory three-month work placements,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 842 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