News Former government apprenticeships adviser Doug Richard cleared of child sex charges Former government apprenticeship adviser Doug Richard has today been cleared of child sex charges after a week-long trial at… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News UCL launches education centre More than 120 people attended the official launch of a new Centre for Post-14 Education and Work by the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News First EFA subcontracting data published The Department for Education (DfE) has unveiled a detailed report spelling out Education Funding Agency (EFA) 16 to 19… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News NUS launches campaign to hear FE students’ views The National Union of Students has launched a campaign to force the government to recognise the impact that post-16… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Chaos as DfE bungles 16-18 apprenticeship growth funding requests Over-allocated ‘discretionary funding’ now stalling apprenticeship decisions as college describes ‘negative impact’ and FE leader calls lack of info ‘crazy’… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Skills Funding Agency publishes funding guidance for 2016/17 The Skills Funding Agency has today published the funding guidance, rates and formula for 2016/17 across 10 individual documents… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Association of School and College Leaders general secretary Brian Lightman stands down General secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Brian Lightman has stepped down with “immediate effect”…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Survey of over 91,000 employers reveals ‘growing challenge’ of skills shortages Vacancies that go unfilled because employers can’t find workers with the right skills are a “growing challenge”, a survey… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News National Apprenticeship Awards ceremony celebrates 2015 winners The winners of the 2015 National Apprenticeship Awards have been announced at a ceremony attended by Skills Minister Nick… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Functional Skills survey with employers launched A new survey has been launched to gather views from employers and technical experts on how maths and English… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Pearson hit with ‘inadequate’ Ofsted report Pearson has been slammed by Ofsted for its inadequate apprenticeship provision in a report which found “no key strengths”…. Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News First new member of 157 group announced since expansion plans unveiled to FE Week Cardiff and Vale College (CVC) has become the first new member of the 157 Group since it exclusively revealed… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 835 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
