News Post-GCSE maths quals rolled out Pilot qualifications in post-GCSE maths that were launched late last year have been fully rolled out by the Department… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Broken Boles promise leads to Trailblazer criticism Skills Minister Nick Boles has broken his promise to the House of Commons Education Select Committee that there would… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges to face merger bill in government’s far-reaching ‘area reviews’, leaked guidance reveals Colleges will be expected to foot the bill for changes recommended during government-ordered area reviews or risk having their funding… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Six more FE colleges listed by EFA as ‘intending to deliver’ 14 to 16 provision A further six general FE colleges have been listed by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) as intending to take… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Team UK comes in at seventh place at WorldSkills 2015 TeamUK finished in seventh place at this year’s WorldSkills competition, held in Brazil. The team took home three gold… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sector skills councils merge — but ‘business as usual’ as both continue acting separately The sector skills councils for health and for justice today announced their merger — but also said they would… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Resit levy’ on schools should ease ‘extreme funding pressures’ on colleges, think tank report claims Further education colleges struggling to cope with an influx of maths and English GCSE resit students should get extra… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Greenwich Community College to ‘merge into’ Bromley College of Further and Higher Education Plans have been announced for struggling Greenwich Community College to “merge into” Bromley College of Further and Higher Education…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former FE college principal named as chair of new steering group for adult skills funding reforms A former principal of two colleges has been named as chair of a new steering group set up by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Stockton-based FE college joins with independent learning provider after 18 months of talks Stockton Riverside College has merged with independent learning provider (ILP) the NETA (formerly North East Training Association) Training Trust… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship levy consultation fails to include ‘critical issues’, says CBI The UK’s leading employers’ organisation has criticised the government’s new apprenticeship levy consultation for failing to explore the cost… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AELP questions sense of GCSE maths and English resits after fall in pass rate for 17-year-olds The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has questioned the sense of forcing resits on learners who fail… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 850 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