News 26 new Trailblazer groups announced Film and TV, ceramics, veterinary nursing, and motorcycle manufacturing are among the industries that will be covered by 26… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Eight things we learned from the Skills Funding Agency’s annual accounts The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has released its annual accounts and report for 2014/15, so we had a comb… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Dates announced for next year’s National Apprenticeship Week National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) will run next year from March 14 to 18. The dates for the ninth annual… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Five colleges announce ‘collaboration’ plans after pioneering area review Five FE and sixth form colleges facing “significant financial challenges” are “actively considering” collaboration plans, following a pioneering review… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Boles tasks Education and Training Foundation with functional skills ‘reform programme’ The Education and Training Foundation has been asked to draw up a “programme of reform” for functional skills qualifications,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Additional adult skills cuts account for just 13 per cent of required BIS savings Further cuts to college budgets will account for just 13 per cent of extra savings needed at the Department… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News BIS committee announces inquiry into government Productivity Plan The government’s Productivity Plan will be the first focus of the new business, innovation and skills (BIS) select committee,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA confirms further 3.9 per cent ASB cut as in-year departmental savings bite FE providers face a further cut of almost four per cent to their non-apprenticeship funding in 2015/16, the Skills… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges claw-back warning after audit reveals SFA may have wrongly paid out £50m Almost £50m of funding may have been wrongly paid out by the Skills Funding Agency last financial year and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sixth Form Commissioner warns of large-scale mergers for sixth from college Large-scale mergers may be needed among sixth form colleges (SFCs) to cope with looming funding problems, Sixth Form Commissioner… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Police disperse overnight protest at Lewisham Southwark College led by NUS Protestors led by National Union of Students (NUS) vice president for FE Shakira Martin were dispersed by police after… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ten things we’ve learned about the government’s post-16 education and training review The government has announced a national review of post-16 education and training, and admitted the number of general FE and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 839 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo