News Colleges with repeated deficits to speed up merger plans after FE Commissioner visit Two Midland colleges that are already in a federation have sped up plans to merge on the advice of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Return on investment analysis now ‘priority’, says Gazelle Gazelle colleges have been told that proving their £15k membership fee is money well spent is now a “priority”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Soviet-style’ apprenticeship quality question The government’s record on improving the quality of the apprenticeships programme has come in for questioning. Falling success rates,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Another centre to address lack of FE research as UCL’s Institute of Education looks at post-14 education and work A third FE research centre has launched just a year after Professor Lady Alison Wolf decried how the sector… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principals have say their on the latest area reviews A further three post-16 education area reviews were announced late last month by the government, taking the number of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News CBI calls for Low Pay Commission-type body for levy rate The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) wants the rate for the government’s planned apprenticeship levy to be controlled by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Leaked BIS memo raises questions about SFA future – again The future of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is once again in question, with a leaked Department for Business,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Uncertainty over deadline for switch from old apprenticeship frameworks to Trailblazer standards Uncertainty around the deadline of the apprenticeship frameworks is growing after the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College area review ‘shambles’ — Shadow Minister Nic Dakin hits out over ‘unwieldy’ key meetings The government has been warned its “hastily put together area reviews have all the ingredients of being yet another… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Apprentices get minimum wage boost with paypackets of lowest-earning up 20 per cent Apprentices were today benefiting from a 20 per cent boost to their National Minimum Wage to £3.30 an-hour. Business… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New destination data performance measure aims to have ‘bite’ to ‘provoke transformational improvements’ The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) today launched a consultation on a new destination data performance measure… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Judge hits out over awarding organisation charities’ £400k trademark wrangle A judge has rapped two open college network charities for running up huge legal bills in a trade mark… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 22h Shane Chowen 22h Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
