News Principal standing down of recently created FE college The principal of Prospects College of Advanced Technology is set to retire, after guiding it through becoming the first… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News, WorldSkills 2017 Final two Team UK competitors selected for WorldSkills 2017 A chef from The Ritz and a car painter who works for a national crash repair company have been… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y Paul Offord 9y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y 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 9y Alix Robertson 9y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 848 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
