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 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y 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 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive 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 8y Jude Burke 8y 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 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y 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 8y Paul Offord 8y 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 8y FE Week 8y 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 8y Paul Offord 8y 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 8y Billy Camden 8y News Concern at negative impact of FE loans on disadvantaged The FE sector is worried by the negative impact FE loans have had on learners from disadvantaged backgrounds. A… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Support Our Sixth-formers: DfE urged to redirect 16-19 underspend The 16-to-19 education budget was underspent by £106 million last year, and campaigners now want the DfE to direct… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Somerset Skills & Learning to make major redundancies after AEB debacle A large community learning provider in Somerset that was hit hard by the adult education budget fiasco is likely… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
