News Adult learners’ struggles to achieve recognised at lavish annual awards ceremony Adult learners who battled against the odds, against self-doubt and previous bad experiences to return to education were honoured… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted gets scrutiny boards after ‘transparency’ criticism New regional scrutiny committees will consider complaints about Ofsted from September as the education watchdog acts to address transparency… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Chartered Status body wins sector support but role questions remain Further education leaders have thrown their support behind FE Chartered Status after it was approved by the Queen. The… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Commissioner’s London review among number of reports An “area-based assessment” is being carried out by FE Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured) into provision in South London’s Lewisham,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Conservatives ‘U-turn’ over enforced apprenticeships The Conservatives have been accused of making an “apparent U-turn” over enforced apprentice recruitment. Department for Business, Innovation and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New committee chairs promise era of collaboration Newly-elected Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee chair Iain Wright has outlined his plans for greater collaboration with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Higher education cash should go to ‘falling over’ FE The government should take some of the “buckets of cash” given to higher education and use it to prop… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Going wild for vocational stars at the City & Guilds Lion Awards Further education and skills achievers took a walk on the wild side to receive their honours at this year’s… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Disabled learners lobby MPS over lack of college choice Young people with learning and physical disabilities and their families gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to demand the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government making ‘dog’s breakfast’ of apprenticeships, says new Shadow Minister for Young People John Woodcock The government is making a “dog’s breakfast” of apprenticeships by making providers wait until after next month’s Budget before… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sector meets Shadow Minister for Young People in ‘listening mode’ as Woodcock takes part in FE Week event at Parliament New Shadow Minister for Young People John Woodcock MP said he was “in listening mode” at a special FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Festival of Education 2015: day one coverage with Lord Baker and Gazelle chief Fintan Donohue Hundreds of teachers and tutors are descending upon the grand setting of Berkshire’s Wellington College for two days of classroom-related talk,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 835 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
