News List of notices of concern and serious breach of contract published for first time The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has published a list of live notices of concern and serious breach of contract… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News DfE overspend results in 16-18 apprenticeship funding shortfall Training providers have branded “ridiculous” the overdue news that many of their 16 to 18 apprenticeship and traineeship growth… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News College area review rerun Five FE and sixth form colleges involved in a pilot review of post-16 provision in Norfolk and Suffolk last… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Cost of college bailouts as high as £100m The Government is propping up colleges to the tune of £100m, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP)… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College surges from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ in Ofsted report praising 100 per cent GCSE English pass rate “Outstanding” GCSE English results have helped a formerly ‘inadequate’ sixth form college surge to ‘good’ in less than 18… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Experienced principal appointed chief executive designate ahead of merger Andy Wilson (pictured above) has been appointed as the new chief executive designate of City and Islington and Westminster… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Cameron to break bank fine pledge? George Osborne has been challenged to reveal in Parliament whether a proposed apprenticeship fund created from Libor fines –… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College given Ofsted boost after double grade four Troubled Lewisham Southwark College is continuing to improve in all areas according to its latest monitoring visit report from… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Joint strike action in FE colleges will be taken by Unison and UCU members on February 24 Joint strike action will be taken by members of the University and College Union (UCU) and Unison working in… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Almost 90 per cent of ethnic minority FE staff have faced promotion ‘barriers’ Almost 90 per cent of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) FE staff members have ‘often’ or ‘sometimes’ faced… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Tough new strike threshold won’t apply to college support staff Tough new rules requiring a 40 per cent threshold for strike action in key public services will not apply… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Colleges in Norfolk and Suffolk launch ‘collaborative’ group The leaders of all 11 colleges in the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area have joined forces to be… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 1h Shane Chowen 1h Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
