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 News Colleges in first two London area reviews revealed Seventeen general FE colleges and six sixth form colleges (SFCs) will be included in the first two “sub-regional” area… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Two local authority providers slump two Ofsted grades to inadequate Two local authority FE providers have slumped from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ Ofsted ratings. The grade four-overall results on adult… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Warm tributes to former principal of Leeds City College and Stockport College Peter Roberts Former principal of Leeds City College and Stockport College Peter Roberts CBE has died. Mr Roberts, who retired at… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Week and Me student photography competition – deadline extended The deadline for the annual FE Week and Me student photography competition, in partnership with NCFE has been extended… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Second ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted rating for City College Coventry in under three years Trouble-hit City College Coventry has been hit with its second ‘inadequate’ Ofsted report in less than three years, FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Knighthood for FE Commissioner in New Year’s Honours list Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins has been given a knighthood for services to the sector in the New… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News West Yorkshire college’s studio school with 25 pupils to close next year A studio school run by Bradford College will close next summer due to low pupil numbers, it has been… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News FE Commissioner’s annual report: top five areas for improvement The FE Commissioner’s 2014/15 annual report found a number of examples of good practice in colleges across the country, particularity in response… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News FE Commissioner criticises minority of providers for failing to address problems flagged last year A minority of colleges are still failing to address areas of concern identified last year, FE Commissioner David Collins has… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y Newer 1 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 835 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 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
