News Principal and vocational teaching leader Frank McLoughlin leads FE & skills pack in Queen’s Birthday honours with knighthood City and Islington College principal and chair of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (Cavtl) Frank McLoughlin has… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former North Hertfordshire College principal Fintan Donohue denies knowledge of success rates manipulation Former North Hertfordshire College (NHC) principal Fintan Donohue has denied any “knowledge of wrongdoing” after it was discovered that… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Productivity ‘in danger’ from government’s 3m apprenticeships aim The government target to create 3m apprenticeship starts could pose “a real danger” to national productivity, National Institute of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Chartered status body for FE finally arrives The Privy Council today announced that the Queen had approved the grant of a Royal Charter to the Institution… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former FE students shine at AoC gold awards Former college learners who have gone on to shine in their chosen profession were celebrated the Association of Colleges… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Happy VQ Day! Vocational learning celebrations mark eighth annual event Happy VQ Day! Today will see the efforts of vocational learners up and down the country celebrated. It is… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ministers to review ‘questions’ over UTC programme in wake of Black Country closure Questions over Former Education Secretary Lord Baker’s University Technical Colleges (UTCs) programme will be reviewed by ministers after questions… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sectors unite to plead with Education Secretary and Chancellor on 16 to 19 funding Further Education sector leaders have joined forces with senior representatives from the schools world to plead with Education Secretary… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Don’t assume’ £900m cuts falling on FE colleges, Boles warns MPs It should not be assumed that “very large” in-year cuts facing the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government 16 to 19 policy ‘requires improvement’ say three quarters of local authorities Three quarters of councils think government policy on 16 to 19-year-olds “requires improvement,” a Local Government Association (LGA) survey… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UTCs to be discussed in Parliament as Black Country MP challenges closure Concerns about the University Technical Colleges (UTCs) programme will be raised in Parliament this afternoon after a decision to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Concerns for apprenticeship growth funding after extra cash announcement delayed until after July budget Providers which have over-delivered on their apprenticeships contracts face a long wait to find out if they will be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
