News Leadership and management questioned in new ETF survey results while non-GCSE English and maths review set for launch Approval of FE sector leadership and management has declined since last year, according to the results of an Education… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Labour warned ‘hands off FE budget’ amid rumours Ed Miliband wants to cut maximum university fee by third The Association of Colleges (AoC) has issued a plea to the Labour Party not to raid the FE budget… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Further education makes ‘500 most influential people list’ as 157 Group boss Dr Lynne Sedgmore is named by Debrett’s The FE sector has had one of its key spokespeople recognised on the 2015 Debrett’s 500 list of the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Boles asked to clarify sixth form college VAT exemption talks The Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) has written to Skills Minister Nick Boles in a bid to clarify his… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News More college takeovers possible for academy chain The Department for Education (DfE) has not ruled out another college intervention to take on a school from troubled… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Call for more powers to track 16 to 18s Local authorities “need more legal powers to ensure partners share vital information” in tracking the education and training status… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Leadership issues under the Fetl research spotlight The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) has announced the four winners in its first wave of fellowship grants… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Digital skills duo told to drop Code College title The founders of the new National College for Digital Skills have dropped plans to be called Code College after… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Outstanding RAF training The RAF’s apprenticeship scheme has seen it become just the second employer provider to be rated outstanding across the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Lambeth retains grade three Ofsted rating despite strikes Lambeth College has retained its grade three Ofsted rating despite inspectors visiting amid long-running industrial action that ended with… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News AoC hits back at ex-Ofsted director’s claim colleges are ‘frankly, rubbish’ Association of Colleges (AoC) boss Martin Doel (above) has leapt to the defence of his members after a former… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Planting seeds of inspiration in Sky The Sky Academy invited FE Week reporter Paul Offord to look around its new Careers Lab that will give… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 750 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Politics Exclusive Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’ Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo