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 News Local authority in Lewisham Southwark College takeover bid to address ‘lack of imagination and robustness’ Southwark Council has called on the FE Commissioner to support its bid take over half of Lewisham Southwark College,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Job question yet to be decided as Niace and Inclusion reveal ‘strategic alliance’ to become full merger The jobs future of staff at the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) and the Centre for Social… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News AoC issues ‘prove it’ challenge to Home Office over FE college back door visa claims The Association of Colleges (AoC) has challenged the government to prove the sector was being used for bogus student… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Professional questions on FE teaching amid ‘coasting’ colleges warning at ATL vocational conference What does FE professionalism look like? How should it be achieved? And how should FE professionals make their voices… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofqual vocational quals chief hails apprenticeship levy an ‘extraordinary concession’ by Treasury Ofqual FE chief Jeremy Benson hailed plans for an apprenticeship levy an “extraordinary concession” by the Treasury and said… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News CBI restates apprenticeship levy concerns as it calls for existing reforms to ‘speed up’ The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) today restated its concerns over plans for an apprenticeship levy on large businesses… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Closest ever Brathay Challenge final as apprentice teams finish in dead heats The fourth annual Brathay Apprenticeship Challenge was the closest fought yet and after a nail-biting race to the finish… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 835 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo