News Squad UK for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 revealed Nearly 150 young people have been named in WorldSkills UK’s official Squad, and are one step closer to competing… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Skills Show 2017: Hundreds of apprentices honoured at closing ceremony Nearly 200 of the UK’s most talented young tradespeople were rewarded with gold, silver and bronze medals at The… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Anxious wait for ‘hopeful’ FE sector ahead of budget The FE sector faces an anxious wait before the budget is announced on November 22 after it united to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News ESFA ‘postpone’ results of second attempt at non-levy apprenticeship tender due to ‘high volume’ of applications After extended delays and ultimately an aborted first attempted at a tender for funding apprenticeships with small employers (non-levy),… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Skills Show 2017: Welcome home Team UK A welcome home reception was put on for the 34 heroes who made up Team UK and competed in… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted Watch: New leadership praised at improved college Ofsted has commended the new leadership team at a London college as it moves up to be rated ‘good’… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News The new prime providers who struck gold in the first AEB tender There were many winners to emerge from the AEB procurement, including two new prime providers which each received more… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News T-level placement pilot only includes one independent training provider Just one independent training provider has been included in the government’s 45-day work placement pilot for T-levels – as… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exeter College comes top in FE Week’s league table – again Exeter College reigns supreme as the best college in the country for the second year running in FE Week’s… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Colleges win £5.2m through AEB procurement A total of £5.2 million was shared among 19 general FE colleges during the recent adult education budget procurement,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Skills Show 2017: Ministers descend on Birmingham in their droves An A-list parliamentary cast arrived in Birmingham today to help tackle the “nightmare on skills street” that Britain currently… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Corbyn threatens independence of colleges Colleges’ status as independent corporations could be at risk under Labour’s plan for free lifelong learning, Jeremy Corbyn has… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo