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 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 Newer 1 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 840 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
