News FE Week’s annual charity auction raises a whopping £14,000 A last-minute donation from the new FE commissioner pushed the total money raised at the FE Week 2016 annual… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Editor Asks: David Hughes in conversation (part 2) Part two of our wide-ranging interview with the new AoC boss David Hughes covers the new FE commissioner, area… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News National schools commissioner addresses college leaders The eight RSCs work closely with the national schools commissioner Sir David Carter, who put in two appearances at… FE Week 9y FE Week 9y News Guess the FE cartoons! FE Week’s brilliant cartoonist Bill Houston was quick on the draw at the Association of Colleges conference this week,… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News President to make 2017 the year FE colleges tackle mental health The new president of the Association of Colleges will dedicate his term in office to tackling what he described… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Richard Atkins: The FE sector ‘is doing pretty well’ The FE sector is not doomed, the new commissioner has insisted during upbeat speech dismissing claims that it was… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Government adviser criticises full-time vocational courses The whole notion of full-time vocational courses has been “challenged” by the man who chairs the Apprenticeship Delivery Board,… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Lord Sainsbury criticised over ‘retail assistant’ comments Lord Sainsbury has been branded an “elitist” after he claimed in a speech to the Association of Colleges’ annual… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Colleges go a decade without full inspection Two colleges in England have now gone more than 10 years without a full inspection – setting a new… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Ministers need to fund technical education, says Lord Sainsbury Ministers need to take a more realistic view of the cost of high-quality technical education and increase funding to… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News AoC Beacon Awards honour the best that colleges have to offer Twelve colleges from across the UK have been honoured at the Association of Colleges’ Beacon Awards for excellence in… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News How does the directory of apprenticeship training providers work? Last month, the government launched its directory of apprenticeship training providers, part of the raft of reforms coming in… FE Week 9y FE Week 9y Newer 1 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 845 Older Must read 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
