News Apprenticeship vacancy adverts in May lower than last year Update 1 : At 17:45 the DfE responded by saying the data they published for May is not full… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Who got what in Queen’s birthday honours for FE The principal of Weston College Group has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Dr Paul… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News College defiant despite damning Ofsted meaning apprentice register removal A Merseyside college hit with an Ofsted grade four in apprenticeships is claiming it will not cut down on… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Government tight-lipped on long-delayed adult education budget results The government still won’t say when the results of the first ever procurement process for the adult education budget… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Eight-month Ofsted turnaround from inadequate to good for UTC A previously struggling university technical college has performed a remarkable turnaround to be rated ‘good’ by Ofsted just eight… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Two providers rated outstanding and a UTC bounces back Two providers have been awarded the highest possible grade from Ofsted – and a university technical college has bounced… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Judge and principal blast college nepotism scandal A senior manager at the country’s biggest college group was somehow permitted to interview and appoint her own husband… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Cash-strapped Harlow UTC looks to join academy trust Another university technical college in dire financial straits is planning to pause recruitment at 14 as it looks to… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Investigation into DfE handling of apprenticeship figures demanded by expert An independent expert in government statistics has called for an investigation after the Department for Education encouraged the use… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News City & Guilds Lion Awards winners announced Exceptional FE learners and tutors have been honoured for their “outstanding achievements” in professional and technical education at this… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News BREAKING: Delayed 2015/16 provider achievement rate tables published This morning the Education and Skills Funding Agency published the delayed National Achievement Rate Tables (NARTs). Click here for… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Sixth Form Colleges Association award winners unveiled Seven outstanding teams from sixth form colleges across the country have been honoured at an inaugural awards ceremony for… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 836 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo