News Scotland and Wales win big at Skills Show 2016 competition finals Scottish and Welsh Colleges have emerged as the big winners at the Skills Show 2016 in Birmingham as they… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Show Results 2016 – organisation league table Organisation league table for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals. Rank Points Organisation Gold Silver Bronze Highly Commended… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Show Results 2016 by competition Full list of results by competition area for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals. Competition Forename… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y 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 Newer 1 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo