News SPONSORED: What does the future hold for functional skills? Functional Skills are changing, and NCFE is ahead of the game. NCFE Functional Skills come with a fantastic range… Features Team 8y Features Team 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: BAE Systems apprentice aims for gold Team UK’s Shane Carpenter is hoping the 12 weeks he was allowed off work from Britain’s biggest defence manufacturer… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: Spectacular opening ceremony marks the start of competitions The best of British took centre stage with the world watching tonight as Abu Dhabi put on a spectacular… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News MPs consider investigating the state of FE loans The student loans system will come under parliamentary scrutiny – an investigation which may include FE. The Treasury select… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: General Assembly hands 2021 competition to China The WorldSkills General Assembly has today officially confirmed that Shanghai will host the 2021 competition. China was the only country… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week A sixth-form college has improved its Ofsted rating by one grade to ‘good’, in a mixed week for FE… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive DfE ‘watching it closely’ as management becomes England’s second most popular apprenticeship subject Management has soared in popularity to become the second most common apprenticeship framework, FE Week analysis can reveal. According… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ex-ITP boss on trial for alleged Sunderland College fraud The ex-chief executive of a training provider and her former colleagues are on trial for allegedly defrauding a college… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 FE Week asks: Neil Bentley on the vital role of WorldSkills As Team UK packed their belongings and headed to the sandy deserts of Abu Dhabi for WorldSkills 2017, FE Week’s… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Outgoing ESFA chief takes “personal responsibility” for Learndirect decisions The outgoing head of the ESFA has claimed personal responsibility for the decision not to terminate Learndirect’s adult education… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: A school visit to remember for Team UK Singing, dancing, glow-in-the-dark shows and a bird of prey; Team UK’s first outing in Abu Dhabi certainly had it… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Frustration as 5% tolerance on English and maths extended indefinitely The five-per-cent tolerance on the notorious English and maths condition of funding rule will apply “until further notice”, the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 842 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
