News The past, present and future of the Association of Colleges As the Association of Colleges welcomes a new chief executive in its 20th year, FE Week takes a look… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News College principal set to retire after record 33 years at the helm The longest-serving FE college principal in the country will finally retire next year, after more than 33 years in… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News How easy is it to become a registered training provider? The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) was scheduled to open a new, ‘tougher’ Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RATP) to… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Two new super-colleges set to be created in north-west Two new super-colleges are set to be created in the north-west through mergers involving six colleges and one university…. Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Decision on FE maintenance loans put off until November despite strong support The government has stalled on making a decision about providing maintenance loans for higher level learners studying technical education… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Save our apprenticeships campaign Click here to download the campaign event briefing. Our first ever official campaign will oppose damaging cuts to… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Skills minister dismisses calls to delay apprenticeship levy launch The new skills minister has dismissed widespread calls to delay the apprenticeship levy launch, even after 10 major professional… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive NCG fighting to avoid dropping to a damaging Ofsted grade 3 An Ofsted report into the nation’s largest college has still not been published more than four months after it… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive College investigated head of curriculum’s racist tweets yet he kept his job until FE Week started asking questions A curriculum head at one of London’s largest colleges sent a string of racist, homophobic and abusive tweets but… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News UTC will not open despite DfE spending over £8m A University Technical College (UTC) developed in partnership with Burton and South Derbyshire College will never open, despite the… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Greening challenged over apprenticeship funding cuts The first day back from parliamentary recess saw education secretary Justine Greening challenged over widespread apprenticeship funding cuts uncovered… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News NAO apprenticeship report warns of history repeating itself over fraud The apprenticeship reform programme risks repeating the fraud that plagued Individual Learning Accounts without more robust risk planning, the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 845 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
