News Colleges secure more than half of degree student places More than half of ‘margin’ student places – with tuition fees of less than £7,500 – have been handed… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UKCES publish tender documents for Employer Ownership of Skills pilot The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has released the application forms and guidance document for the Employer… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UCU head Sally Hunt speaks to FE Week after landslide re-election The general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) is pledging to put more resources on the frontline… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Funding future faces further formulation Implementation of a new streamlined and simplified funding system for adult skills that had already been delayed until 2013/14… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Mayor candidate pledges London EMA Following the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance, Labour candidate Ken Livingstone pledges to restore London-wide £30-per-week allowance if… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Minister presents update on apprenticeship quality The skills minister John Hayes has told partliament that the review into short duration apprenticeships is due to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New college classification cautiously welcomed Colleges will be coming to terms with their new found freedoms after being released from government control. The Office… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Subcontractors courted by SFA into direct relationship Subcontractors with a total allocation of more than £1 million are being offered a direct contract by the Skills… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Frank McLoughlin to head Commission on adult vocational learning Frank McLoughlin CBE, the principal of City and Islington College, will chair an independent Commission on adult education and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Review into short apprenticeship to conclude by April Reviews into short duration apprenticeships are due to be finalised by April, the Skills Minister John Hayes has revealed…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New ‘enquiry panel’ to review poor apprenticeship providers A new ‘enquiry panel’ has been set up to manage poor quality apprenticeship providers. The panel will report directly… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA to be investigated for alleged data ‘cover-up’ The government’s performance comparison site for further education is under heavy scrutiny after an investigation by FE Week into… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 648 Older Must read Colleges, Exams Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time Jason Noble 3d Jason Noble 3d News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 3d Jason Noble 3d Colleges Union rejects AoC’s ‘totally unacceptable’ new pay offer for college staff The pay offer has been upped to 2.5% from 2.25% Jason Noble 6d Jason Noble 6d Next 3 stories Funding Soaring inflation wipes out skills budget boost Ministers have been urged to immediately add an extra £350 million a year in skills funding on top of… Will Nott 2w Will Nott 2w News Times Education Commission adds voice to calls for new ‘baccalaureate’ It is estimated to cost the government an extra £1.2bn a year Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges Major review launched to bring colleges back into public sector After ten years in the private sector, the ONS are now considering whether to reclassify colleges as public sector… Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w
