News College area review ‘shambles’ — Shadow Minister Nic Dakin hits out over ‘unwieldy’ key meetings The government has been warned its “hastily put together area reviews have all the ingredients of being yet another… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Apprentices get minimum wage boost with paypackets of lowest-earning up 20 per cent Apprentices were today benefiting from a 20 per cent boost to their National Minimum Wage to £3.30 an-hour. Business… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New destination data performance measure aims to have ‘bite’ to ‘provoke transformational improvements’ The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) today launched a consultation on a new destination data performance measure… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Judge hits out over awarding organisation charities’ £400k trademark wrangle A judge has rapped two open college network charities for running up huge legal bills in a trade mark… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former college lecturer facing jail after admitting child rape A former Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) teacher was today facing a lengthy jail term after pleading guilty to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News ‘Not only a car crash, but a multiple pile-up’ — the FE sector view revisited six months after 2015 survey The 2015 FE Week and Policy Consortium survey was published on the brink of a general election. Six months… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government presiding over ‘skills emergency’ and ‘dumbing down apprenticeships,’ Shadow Business Secretary Angela Eagle tells Labour conference The government is “presiding over a skills emergency which threatens economic growth” while cutting FE funding and “dumbing down… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Loughborough College principal Esme Winch set for newly-created managing director’s post at NCFE Awarding organisation (AO) NCFE is set to appoint Loughborough College principal Esme Winch (pictured above) as its first managing… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News The Association of Teachers and Lecturers lists job cuts consultations at over 50 colleges The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has issued a list of more than 50 colleges that have looked… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Later starts to continue at Nescot after pilot success A North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) lie-in pilot has won longer-term approval after bosses saw a rise… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘It’s a different way of thinking about how we regulate’ – Ofqual’s Jeremy Benson Q&A on new RQF The Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) was unveiled by Ofqual last week and was designed to be more descriptive and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell includes FE funding in top three priorities Campaigning to protect FE funding is one of Lucy Powell’s top three priorities, the new Shadow Education Secretary told… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo