News ‘Odious’ rule to be automatically written out of frameworks The government has agreed to the automatic scrapping of a rule that forces apprentices to re-sit qualifications they already… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Barnfield looks for ‘new partners’ after academies split rubber-stamped Barnfield College is “looking to forge new relationships” with partners in the education sector after Whitehall rubber-stamped its split… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Numeracy and literacy not just learner issues The FE sector has to face up to low levels of literacy and numeracy among staff if it wants… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fraudster poses as principal ordering urgent payment A fraudster posing as a London college principal has been foiled in the latest in a string of attempted… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE college UTC heads out of special measures A University Technical College (UTC) which had to be rescued by its local FE college after a damning Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Back to the drawing board on merger as financial rescue plan rejected A Hampshire sixth form college has had to go back to the drawing board in its search for a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Skills Minister admits ‘no plans to promote new SFCs’ Skills Minister Nick Boles told the House of Commons the government has no intention of “promoting the establishment” of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship week keenness at Milton Keynes Staff at Milton Keynes College were among thousands of sector workers up and down the country to have set… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lords celebration for foundation learners The success of nearly 90 learners helped by the Helena Kennedy Foundation to overcome a variety of obstacles was… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Complete the overhaul of apprenticeships, small businesses group tells parties A challenge to complete the “overhaul” of apprenticeships is being put to the next government, as National Apprenticeship Week… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Develop ‘world class apprenticeships’ to tackle global productivity shortfall, report urges World class apprenticeships should be developed to solve a “productivity shortfall”, the International Skills Standards Organisation (INSSO) has claimed…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused on numbers over quality, commissioner finds Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused too much on getting students through the doors and not of the quality of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 816 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo