News Providers in dark on 16 to 18 apprenticeships and traineeships growth as SFA misses notification deadline The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has missed its deadline for confirming growth requests for 16 to 18 apprenticeships and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News David Bowie’s old FE college pays tribute to his ‘constant impact on music, fashion and art’ The head of Croydon College school of art has paid tribute to its iconic former student and rock star… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Niace successor Learning and Work Institute to debut at London launch event The Learning and Work Institute will make its formal debut tomorrow with a launch event in London’s Canary Wharf. The… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Entry opens 2016 Brathay Apprentice Challenge Invitations have been invited from today for the fifth annual Brathay Apprentice Challenge. Teams of nine apprentices can enter… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Recognition for years of dedication to FE and skills With Dr David Collins receiving a knighthood and Association of Colleges (AoC) chief executive Martin Doel gaining a CBE , there’s no… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Positive message from new principal of ‘inadequate’ college The new interim principal of troubled City College Coventry said lessons would be learned from its second inadequate Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College resorts to £700k loan from local council A college has turned to its county council for a £700,000 loan to help address a “need for short-term… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Ramadan set to affect exam dates Summer exams will be affected by the timing of Ramadan for the next four years, with GCSE re-sits compounding… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Age UK tumbles to inadequate Ofsted rating Major charity and training provider Age UK has tumbled from a ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating. The report out… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Minister to visit centre proposed as new FE college Skills minister Nick Boles has agreed to visit a Kent skills centre following an invitation from the local MP… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Exclusive: Area reviews already behind schedule The government’s area reviews of post-16 education and training are already running behind schedule, with the government accused of… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Third round of invitations to tender for long-awaited ESF contracts launched The third round of invitations to tender for delayed European Social Fund (ESF) contracts have been published. The six local… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 832 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 Next 3 stories 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 Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
