News Colleges assured action to stop internet attacks ‘working effectively’ Colleges hit by a nationwide cyber attack on FE and higher education providers were today told that “blocks” had… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News ‘Partnership agreement’ signed by NCG and UCU leaders to consign string of bitter disputes to history The University and College Union (UCU) and NCG (formerly Newcastle College Group) have signed a “partnership agreement” they hope… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Skills Minister Nick Boles places college into administered status after eight-year deterioration in finances Skills Minister Nick Boles has placed Amersham and Wycombe College into administered status after being warned of its “declining… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Ofqual clamping down on ‘rogue’ awarding organisations as investigators look at 40 cases of ‘non-compliance’ Ofqual boss Glenys Stacey has warned awarding organisations (AOs) that the qualifications watchdog is clamping down on “rogue” non-compliance —… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Careers advice inquiry launched by new parliamentary committee on education, skills and the economy The Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy has today launched an inquiry into careers advice, information and guidance. It… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Greater Manchester local authority achieves outstanding first under new Ofsted inspection regime A Greater Manchester council has the honour of being FE’s first community learning and skills provider to be judged… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Skills Minister Nick Boles writes to college leaders to reaffirm two-thirds apprenticeship push Skills Minister Nick Boles has written to college leaders to reaffirm his message that they should be going from… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Government lifts traineeship restriction on providers Lead providers rated as requiring improvement and even inadequate by Ofsted will be able to deliver traineeships from next… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Skills Minister Nick Boles set for social mobility grilling from Lords Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Skills Minister Nick Boles will be witnesses in the final evidence session of the… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Competition opens for £15m of first new ESF contracts Invitations to tender for almost £15m of long-awaited European Social Fund (ESF) cash were published today. Details of the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Government lays out timeline for apprenticeship reforms The government has laid out its timeline for implementing apprenticeship reforms over the next five years as it chases its… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Midland college FoI responses in spotlight The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is investigating a Midland man’s claim his local college is struggling with its legal… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y Newer 1 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo