News Gateshead College in two-grade rise to outstanding and ‘significant’ improvements at cash-strapped Weymouth College Gateshead College has shot up two Ofsted grades to outstanding while Weymouth College is making “significant” improvements as it rebuilds from… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News BIS finds out National Colleges’ proposals as business plans handed in The government today learned how National Colleges planned to spend their funding as the deadline closed for proposals to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Woodcock warns against ‘churning out numbers’ at expense of quality in drive for 3m apprenticeships Shadow Education Minister for Young People John Woodcock has warned the government against “churning out numbers at the expense… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Employer jailed over tragic death of 16-year-old apprentice as SFA looks into ‘implications of case’ An employer has been jailed for eight months over the death of an untrained 16-year-old boy who became trapped… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former Deputy PM Clegg reveals careers guidance was subject of ‘profound disagreement’ in Coalition Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg revealed a “profound disagreement” over careers advice at the top of the last… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE providers ‘design and deliver their own quals’ in proposed new ‘sub-degree’ technical skills system A report out today calls for a new system of accrediting “sub-degree technical education” in which FE colleges and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News SFA to close payment system for move to ‘new supplier’ making provider data deadline impossible Providers offering Trailblazer apprenticeships are in a race against time to submit their learner numbers after the deadline shifted… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News FE college staff in the dark over potential impact of new strike laws FE staff will have to wait to hear whether proposed new strike laws will affect them after the government… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Shadow Education Minister for Young People Woodcock on panel to look at ‘big questions’ over 3m apprenticeships target Shadow Education Minister for Young People John Woodcock (pictured above) features among an FE and skills Parliamentary panel that… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Are Lib Dems set for an FE college-educated leader? The final votes in the contest to lead the Liberal Democrats were being cast today with the prospect of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Latest FE Commissioner reports bear enrolment warnings and precarious financial outlooks The FE Commissioner has warned Redcar and Cleveland College that its “very risky” growth strategy has got just a… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former Deputy PM Clegg could face BIS and DfE merger question in Lords committee grilling Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg could be grilled by Lords tomorrow morning on whether the Department for Education… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 829 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
