News FE Choices website set to close after three-and-a-half years The FE Choices website is to shut next month after three-and-a-half years, it was revealed by the Skills Funding… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Post-16 area review plans geared at FE and sixth form colleges dismissed as ‘fundamentally flawed’ Sector leaders have warned that the government’s post-16 education and training area review plans are “fundamentally flawed” because they… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Future of nearly 40 colleges in question as BIS and DfE reveals those facing area reviews Twenty two general FE colleges will be involved in the first round of post-16 education and training area reviews… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government apprenticeship reform adviser Doug Richard charged with child sex offences Government apprenticeship reform adviser and former BBC Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard has been charged with sexual activity with… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News New quality and access to apprenticeship fund proposed by Niace The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has called for a new fund to help improve the quality and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges’ free school hopes dashed by DfE rejection Two general FE colleges have had their free school plans thrown out by the Department for Education (DfE), FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Edition 145: Movers & Shakers Among the country’s colleges, independent learning providers and other skills bodies, at least 14 have welcomed new leaders for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New adult and community learning boss Pember facing a mixed performance picture With former government FE and skills boss Dr Sue Pember now installed at the helm of adult and community… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College sector sees ‘unique’ step of registering as Trailblazer assessor Leicester College has branched out from simply delivering apprenticeships in a college sector first by taking the “unique” step… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New uni system in place for HE in FE learners General FE colleges are hoping fears they could be overwhelmed with higher education gripes prove unfounded as they start… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA contract joy as safeguarding ‘glitches’ disappear An independent learning provider that faced losing its Skills Funding Agency (SFA) contract after an Ofsted inadequate rating over… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lep boss tight-lipped on merger reviews funding issue Council and business leaders have remained tight-lipped over financial support for college mergers as the FE sector continues to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 850 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1w 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo