News A golden homecoming for TeamUK TeamUK’s outstanding WorldSkills competitors received a rapturous welcome home with a celebration event in the heart of London. Skills Minister… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Morgan concedes sector ‘fragile’ The FE sector is a “fragile” state, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan (pictured), has conceded. She made the comments during… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Survey reveals principals’ unease with area reviews Almost 90 per cent of principals affected by new area reviews are unhappy with government guidance outlining how the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Post-16 funding implication will be examined for summer-born change The impact on post-16 funding of plans to allow summer-born children to enter reception after their fifth birthday will be examined… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Topslice offenders threatened with funding suspension Providers that flout rules on revealing how much they topslice when subcontracting have been given a November 23 deadline… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News OCR exam board chief Mark Dawe resigns The chief executive of one of the country’s leading awarding organisations has resigned, it was announced today. Mark Dawe,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Choices website set to close after three-and-a-half years The FE Choices website is to shut next month after three-and-a-half years, it was revealed by the Skills Funding… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Post-16 area review plans geared at FE and sixth form colleges dismissed as ‘fundamentally flawed’ Sector leaders have warned that the government’s post-16 education and training area review plans are “fundamentally flawed” because they… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Future of nearly 40 colleges in question as BIS and DfE reveals those facing area reviews Twenty two general FE colleges will be involved in the first round of post-16 education and training area reviews… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government apprenticeship reform adviser Doug Richard charged with child sex offences Government apprenticeship reform adviser and former BBC Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard has been charged with sexual activity with… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News New quality and access to apprenticeship fund proposed by Niace The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has called for a new fund to help improve the quality and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges’ free school hopes dashed by DfE rejection Two general FE colleges have had their free school plans thrown out by the Department for Education (DfE), FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 841 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo