News Busy day at the Skills Show for Theo Paphitis with visit to the hairdressers and the kitchen — and even the operating table Skills Show patron Theo Paphitis had a busy day in the hair salon today under the watchful eye of celebrity… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Record-breaking £14k raised for Helena Kennedy Foundation at FE Week charity auction The FE Week 2015 annual charity auction and raffle raised a record-breaking £14,000 for the Helena Kennedy Foundation. Leaders… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News SFA warns colleges of a future without sub-contracting Skills Funding Agency funding and programmes director Keith Smith (pictured above) has warned college leaders they were facing a… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Staring into the funding abyss – Skills Minister Nick Boles paints stark picture of cuts to hit sector The sector has been left staring into the financial abyss after Skills Minister Nick Boles warned Association of Colleges… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan tells Labour MPs ‘wait for spending review’ in 16-19 funding protection debate Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told Labour to “wait and see” what happens in next week’s Budget before accusing… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Skills Minister Nick Boles speech at AoC conference 2015 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. We meet in a sombre context. After this morning’s session I’ll be returning to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News High profile visit for Skills Show as Business Secretary Sajid Javid drops in on day one Business Secretary Sajid Javid was joined by thousands of career curious youngsters today as he visited Birmingham for day… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Meet new members of Dr Collins’ 21-strong team These are the new members of FE Commissioner Dr David Collins’ team, FE Week can exclusively reveal. Five deputy… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship starts up after two years of decline Official figures released this morning show the number of apprenticeship starts for 2014/15 was up by 59,500 from the… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Long wait for FE Chartered Status membership ends The long wait for FE providers to sign up for Chartered Status ended today with applications for membership finally… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Labour MPs secure Opposition Day debate to call for 16 to 19 budget protection Labour has secured an Opposition Day debate to propose that the 16 to 19 education budget be given the same… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Don’t let private training providers ‘steal your lunch’, Skills Minister Nick Boles tells college leaders Skills Minister Nick Boles has told Association of Colleges (AoC) conference delegates to stop letting private providers “nick your… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 832 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 3d Anviksha Patel 3d 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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