News Don’t let private training providers ‘steal your lunch’, Skills Minister Nick Boles tells college leaders Skills Minister Nick Boles has told Association of Colleges (AoC) conference delegates to stop letting private providers “nick your… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Live with Linford at AoC Conference 2015 Nick Linford, founder and former editor of FE Week, is out-and-about during AoC Conference 2015 bringing you all the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ten-point plan for apprenticeship success laid out by government official Jennifer Coupland A ten-point plan to help deliver the government’s 3m apprenticeships target has been issued by senior apprenticeship official Jennifer… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College mergers on cards in Shrewsbury and East London Two further mergers have been proposed for the college sector. Shrewsbury College, Shrewsbury Sixth Form College and New College… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News ‘Remarkable how colleges have kept going’ says AoC chief Martin Doel Ahead of the Association of Colleges (AoC) 2015 conference, chief executive Martin Doel tells FE Week reporter Alix Robertson… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Concern at ‘tight’ 18-month ESF delivery timescale Sector leaders have reacted with concern to a “tight” Skills Funding Agency (SFA) timetable for handing out £650m of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Future of Fisss uncertain as BIS plans new system for apprenticeship certificates The future of the Federation for Industry Sector Skills and Standards (Fisss) was today uncertain with the government looking… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Sixth Form College Commissioner Peter Mucklow shares area review load with new advisers These are some of the faces in Sixth Form College Commissioner Peter Mucklow’s new team as he shares the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Professor Brian Cox on hand for £20m new Middlesbrough College Stem centre Celebrity Professor Brian Cox was guest of honour at Middlesbrough College to open a new £20m science, technology, engineering… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Network for Black and Asian Professionals to close ‘due to lack of funding’ The Network for Black and Asian Professionals (NBAP) is to close “due to lack of funding,” FE Week can… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College chairs’ bid to prevent Chancellor George Osborne raid on finances More than 100 college governors’ board chairs put on a united front to Prime Minister David Cameron in a… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Colleges face threat of further strike action as UCU looks to ‘next steps’ in AoC pay row Colleges face the threat of further strikes after the University and College Union (UCU) told FE Week it planned… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 853 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo 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
