News IFS: Parties’ spending plans leave 16 to 18 education with 10% less than schools General election manifesto plans of all three major parties’ proposals will leave spending for 16 to 18-year-olds around 10… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Breaking: Sixth form college principal resigns with immediate effect The surprise resignation of Bolton Sixth Form College’s principal has been confirmed this morning to FE Week, three days… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Three providers drop to ‘requires improvement’ It’s been a largely disappointing week, as all three published full FE and skills inspection reports resulted in a drop… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Merger of two London colleges agreed Two London colleges have finally agreed to merge, more than 18 months after the link between them was first… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Tendering for external quality assurance finally launched Tendering for the external quality assurance of apprenticeships has finally been launched by the Institute for Apprenticeships – three… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive NOCN expanding through new acquisition Expansion is on the cards this summer for awarding organisation NOCN, with a new acquisition from the Construction Industry… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Call to convert UTCs to 16 to 19 colleges Ailing university technical colleges should be converted into 16-19 colleges, with all studio schools joining multi-academy trusts to stave… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News College leader expects no commercial benefit after paying “immaterial” £8,000 to join Charted Institute for FE There is no commercial benefit to joining the Chartered Institute for FE, the principal of a college which has… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News National provider enters redundancy consultation with staff Staff at the nation’s largest FE provider are on tenterhooks, as they wait to find out whether they will… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News College student named as Manchester bombing victim A Lancashire college has expressed its “enormous sadness” at the death of one of its students in last night’s… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News What now for colleges that tried and failed to merge? When they were launched in July 2015, the area reviews were expected to result in a huge number of… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News UTC founds feeder school against Baker trust’s wishes A university technical college that has struggled to recruit students is opening an 11-14 feeder school next door. This… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 833 Older Must read 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
