News Funding threshold will be extended, EFA director announces Ministers have decided to extend the five per cent threshold of tolerance on the condition of funding rule into… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Social Mobility Commission calls for school sixth form extension The Social Mobility Commission has called for school sixth form provision to be extended and given a role in… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Colleges are heading towards a ‘crisis point’ in student mental health, AoC president warns Colleges are heading to “crisis point” in mental health after more than 85 per cent reported an increase in… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Lord Sainsbury demands more cash for technical education Key government skills advisor Lord Sainsbury has urged ministers to take a more realistic view of the cost of… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Colleges can thrive despite ‘blizzard of changes’, AoC boss tells delegates This year’s “blizzard of changes” will not stop the Association of Colleges pushing for progress over the coming months,… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Fourth FE institute awarded chartered status Furness College has been unveiled as the latest member of the Chartered Institution for Further Education. The news was… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Mining apprenticeship standards delay leaves ‘recruitment time bomb’ The mining and processing sector has been left without the means to deliver apprenticeships even though it faces a… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News The Skills Show is back and it’s bigger than ever Strictly Come Dancing stars and the apprenticeships minister will be among more than 90,000 people heading to NEC Birmingham… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News War of words continues as AoC boss accused of putting ‘institutional self-interest before learners’ interest’ A dispute between the leaders of FE’s two biggest associations has taken another twist, with one accusing the other… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 Newer 1 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 813 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo