News ETF reveals who will run consultation on Functional Skills reforms The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has appointed a Yorkshire-based firm to run a consultation with the National Institute… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News LIVE UPDATES: FE and skills sector reacts to Ofsted 2014/15 annual report The 2014/15 Ofsted annual report painted a picture of an FE and skills sector in which two years of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College performance ‘has declined’ – Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw’s annual report Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has told how he has “seen the pace of improvement slow” in FE and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Ofsted boss Sir Michael aims annual report fire at skills gap armed with nearly 180 FE and skills inspection results Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw today launches the 2014/15 annual report armed with the results of nearly 180… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Association of Colleges president John Widdowson and social mobility tsar Alan Milburn to address FE issues in Parliamentary hearings Association of Colleges president John Widdowson is due to tell MPs about how well the FE sector delivers higher… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Doel stepping down as Association of Colleges boss and moving to new FE professorship Martin Doel will be standing down as chief executive of the Association of Colleges (AoC) from September to move… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted inspectors report Marine Society College of the Sea ‘progress’ with new subcontractor A new subcontractor has helped grade-four distance learning provider Marine Society College of the Sea (MSCS) win Ofsted approval… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Local authorities come under the FE Week 2015/16 adult apprenticeship allocations spotlight The exclusive front page story of edition 154 on low levels of apprenticeship delivery among colleges promised more analysis…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in bid to keep London colleges apart Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has tried to warn City and Islington College governors against plans to merge with Westminster… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Funding threat hangs over providers who missed topslice declaration deadline The Skills Funding Agency was today looking into whether it would suspend funding for lead providers who flouted a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Area reviews question over academy VAT move Sixth Form College (SFC) leaders were today in the dark about whether Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement they could become… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Employer engagement hopes with £3bn levy Sector leaders have reacted positively after Chancellor George Osborne fleshed out how the new apprenticeship levy on large firms… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 830 Older Must read 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 1w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 Next 3 stories 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 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