News Another centre to address lack of FE research as UCL’s Institute of Education looks at post-14 education and work A third FE research centre has launched just a year after Professor Lady Alison Wolf decried how the sector… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principals have say their on the latest area reviews A further three post-16 education area reviews were announced late last month by the government, taking the number of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News CBI calls for Low Pay Commission-type body for levy rate The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) wants the rate for the government’s planned apprenticeship levy to be controlled by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Leaked BIS memo raises questions about SFA future – again The future of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is once again in question, with a leaked Department for Business,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Uncertainty over deadline for switch from old apprenticeship frameworks to Trailblazer standards Uncertainty around the deadline of the apprenticeship frameworks is growing after the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 Newer 1 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 832 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