News Students’ suspension triggers Islamophobia row at NewVIc An East London sixth form college has been plunged into an Islamophobia row after three students were suspended for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Your VQ Day events guide as learners’ vocational achievements across the country get the recognition they deserve Vocational qualifications will be celebrated by hundreds of people at colleges and independent learning providers across the country to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Internet watch ban example of ‘block on progress’ A college’s exams blanket ban on watches over fears learners could use outlawed web-enabled smart watches has been branded… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Taskforce under fire for ‘earn or learn’ name Prime Minister David Cameron’s new troubleshooter taskforce that aims to ensure young people are “earning or learning” has started… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News DfE resit policy leads to GCSE campus chaos Colleges readying themselves for an impending Department for Education (DfE) policy have witnessed a dramatic rise in the number… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Two ministers, one careers strategy ‘desperately needed’ The Department for Education (DfE) has overlooked Skills Minister Nick Boles (pictured above left) for its careers guidance remit —… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Woodcock’s journey up FE ladder under way John Woodcock, the Labour MP for Cumbria’s Barrow and Furness, was appointed Shadow Education Minister for Young People last… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Labour MPs put their names forward for BIS committee chair Labour MPs Iain Wright (pictured above left) and Roberta Blackman-Woods (pictured above right) have launched bids to challenge Adrian Bailey for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Grade four Priory ordered to leave second apprenticeship Trailblazer Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave a second healthcare-related Trailblazer group following its grade four across-the-board rating… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges ‘come of age’ at time of need for change Senior FE and skills figures warned that colleges would have to change “more than ever before” to survive, at… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Don’t cut allocations to meet savings target, pleads sector The government has been warned against looking to FE allocations to help meet Chancellor George Osborne’s aim of a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Six-month euro funding delay ‘could have been avoided’ Sector leaders have lashed out at the UK government and European Commission over a possible six-month funding gap for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 829 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