News Frustration over ‘misleading’ Libor answer The Shadow Skills Minister has been left frustrated with a “misleading” answer to a parliamentary question he lodged over… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News You must adapt to survive, SFA boss tells FE leaders The chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has warned providers that failing to adapt to changes in… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Principal blamed as college sent into administered status The FE Commissioner has singled-out former principal Jacqui Mace (pictured) for failings at a London college that has been… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Treasury sets aside £560m for college restructures > Plans leaked to FE Week reveal ‘facility’ at Treasury until April 2019 > AoC welcomes ‘necessary’ support for… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Hackney Community College and Tower Hamlets College set to merge in August Hackney Community College and Tower Hamlets College have announced plans to merge from August this year. A spokesperson for… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Funding rate cut from April for popular apprenticeship framework The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will reduce funding rates for the level three ‘IT, Software Web and Telecom Professionals’… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Three-day Festival of Skills announced for staff in FE An exciting new continuing professional development (CPD) event has been announced today by the organisers of The Telegraph Festival… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News MPs to probe apprenticeship quality concerns in new inquiry Apprenticeship quality concerns will come under the spotlight in a new parliamentary inquiry that will check out the merits… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Lowestoft Sixth Form College hit with EFA financial notice to improve Lowestoft Sixth Form College (SFC) has been issued with a financial notice to improve from the Education Funding Agency… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Sajid Javid seeks ‘more scrutiny’ of skills policy from influential group of MPs Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said he would welcome “more scrutiny” on skills, as he suggested that the Business,… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News National skills body boss leaves for consultancy firm Michael Davis, chief executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), has been appointed managing director of… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Principal predicts college numbers will fall to 200 by 2018 One college principal expects the number of colleges in England to drop by a third over the next two… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y Newer 1 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 833 Older Must read 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo