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 News ‘Re-inspect us’ — West Cheshire College principal’s fury over inadequate Ofsted rating Cash-strapped West Cheshire College has lodged a formal complaint over its inadequate Ofsted rating and called on the education watchdog… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Colleges that ignore apprenticeships criticised – Apprenticeships account for less than 5 per cent of Adult Skills Budget for some large FE colleges –… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News London principal hit with first inadequate GFE college rating under new Ofsted inspection regime London’s Stanmore College has been handed the ignominious honour of being the first general FE college to be branded… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News ‘Government should say more about how it will promote vocational routes’ says Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw told the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee today that government should do more… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 Next 3 stories 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 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