News Live with Linford at AoC Conference 2016 Nick Linford, editor of FE Week, is out-and-about during AoC Conference 2016 bringing you all the news, gossip and… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Technical and Further Education Bill second reading in Commons The new Technical and Further Education Bill will have its second reading in the House of Commons today. It… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Reverse decline in higher level technical qualifications, demands Professor Wolf Leading vocational education adviser Professor Alison Wolf has demanded action from the government to stem the decline in higher… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Gazelle’s underpants partner hits the skids The company that the Gazelle Colleges Group employed to run a competition to help teach young people entrepreneurial skills… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Institute for Apprenticeships questions dodged, says Gordon Marsden The government’s handling of the new Institute for Apprenticeships has been “shambolic” according to shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden,… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News K College rescuer East Kent College in merger talks with neighbour A college that leapt to the rescue during one of the most disastrous mergers of recent years now plans… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exclusive Bolton college principal appeals to SFA over new apprenticeship rules A desperate principal has pleaded with the Skills Funding Agency to relax rules that would prevent Bolton College from… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Learner survey dodge as some refuse to participate The FE Choices survey into student satisfaction isn’t worth the bother, according to one of the country’s largest colleges… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News David Hughes: let’s present a confident and ambitious AoC regions front for colleges Ahead of David’s first three-day AoC annual conference as chief executive, we discuss the area reviews, our ministers and… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Employers pass their judgement in satisfaction ratings General FE colleges have admitted to apprenticeship failings, after government research showed they are significantly less popular with employers… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News New destination data for unemployed learners The colleges that are most successful at helping unemployed learners move into work have been named, in the latest… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News AoC and AELP bosses battle over independent provider quality The bosses of FE’s two biggest associations have traded verbal blows over the quality of apprenticeships that are delivered… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 807 Older Must read Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2d Jessica Hill 2d Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
