News Inadequate college leaders stay despite commissioner questions The principal and governors’ chair at a grade four London college that Ofsted said was failing to improve are… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News South Devon College claims twin success rates title South Devon College has claimed the top spot for general FE qualification success rates for 2012/13. The college’s 94.7… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Huge survey lifts lid on sector More than 1,000 FE and skills staff took part and vast majority revealed concerns about levels of institutional funding…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News The Oxford Partnership – Saudi Arabia – Vacancies The Oxford Partnership (TOP) is proud to be associated with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to support… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Top college earner figures ‘not showing full picture’ Calls for college chief executive and principal pay levels to be published have emerged amid concerns the growth of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Students’ union ‘needs more ambition’ in putting FE funding case The National Union of Students’ National Conference took place in Liverpool this month and resulted in re-elections and new… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Privacy warning over biometric data collection The boss of a Leicester-based national subcontractor where learners have their finger measurements scanned to get into classrooms has… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Software and Leps in Spicer update Skills Funding Agency (SFA) interim chief executive Barbara Spicer has written to contractors with an update on a range… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New careers guidance rules ‘don’t go far enough’ New rules which mean schools will be forced to tell their pupils about FE and apprenticeships “don’t go far… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College steps in to save apprentices More than 160 engineering apprentices are set to be transferred to City College Norwich from an independent learning provider… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UCU and AoC continue pay talks A pay deal for college staff is yet to be agreed for the next academic year. The University and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Grade four LeSoCo gets new Ofsted blow A large London college has been criticised in a follow-up report on its inadequate Oftsed rating. LeSoCo, a 17,000-learner… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 750 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Politics Exclusive Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’ Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo