News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Full medal tables published

Team UK’s position as one the best in the world at vocational skills has been reaffirmed following World Skills…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Ofsted watch: Two colleges improve to ‘good’ rating

Two FE colleges are celebrating Ofsted success this week after climbing from a grade 3 to a grade 2….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Colleges lose £1.2 million under controversial condition-of-funding rules

Four providers have been stripped of more than £100,000 due to the controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rule, although…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Budget 2017: Non-levy funding looms large

The autumn budget will be delivered by the chancellor on November 22, and leading sector bodies have made requests…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Cash-strapped college wastes £3m on development plans

A cash-strapped London college spent more than £3 million on plans to develop one of its sites that never…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

End point assessment crisis – apprentices who can’t complete

End-point assessment has hit crisis point – as FE leaders warn that the first wave of learners are reaching…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Team UK strikes gold in Abu Dhabi

Team UK has retained its top-10 position at WorldSkills this year, after our competitors bagged one gold, three silvers,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

‘DfE must employ civil servants who went to college’ says AoC boss

The chief of the Association of Colleges has publicly criticised the Department for Education for trying to reform the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Employers more satisfied with private providers again… but colleges catching up

Private training providers have once again proved themselves to be more popular with employers than colleges, according to government…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News, WorldSkills 2017

Worldskills 2017: Watch the closing ceremony live from Abu Dhabi

Today marks the end of the 44th WorldSkills competition – in which representatives from 59 nations have competed in…

FE Week
FE Week
News

Emotions high as Team UK competitors complete their work

Emotions were high as the first round of Team UK competitors completed their work for WorldSkills UK today.  Jordan…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Team UK’s gold standard show their support before the final hurdle

Anxious, tired and excited – that’s how 34 of the UK’s most talented young people in the skills industry…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

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
16-19

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
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel