News Happy VQ Day! Vocational learning celebrations mark eighth annual event Happy VQ Day! Today will see the efforts of vocational learners up and down the country celebrated. It is… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ministers to review ‘questions’ over UTC programme in wake of Black Country closure Questions over Former Education Secretary Lord Baker’s University Technical Colleges (UTCs) programme will be reviewed by ministers after questions… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sectors unite to plead with Education Secretary and Chancellor on 16 to 19 funding Further Education sector leaders have joined forces with senior representatives from the schools world to plead with Education Secretary… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Don’t assume’ £900m cuts falling on FE colleges, Boles warns MPs It should not be assumed that “very large” in-year cuts facing the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government 16 to 19 policy ‘requires improvement’ say three quarters of local authorities Three quarters of councils think government policy on 16 to 19-year-olds “requires improvement,” a Local Government Association (LGA) survey… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UTCs to be discussed in Parliament as Black Country MP challenges closure Concerns about the University Technical Colleges (UTCs) programme will be raised in Parliament this afternoon after a decision to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Concerns for apprenticeship growth funding after extra cash announcement delayed until after July budget Providers which have over-delivered on their apprenticeships contracts face a long wait to find out if they will be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Students’ suspension triggers Islamophobia row at NewVIc An East London sixth form college has been plunged into an Islamophobia row after three students were suspended for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Your VQ Day events guide as learners’ vocational achievements across the country get the recognition they deserve Vocational qualifications will be celebrated by hundreds of people at colleges and independent learning providers across the country to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Internet watch ban example of ‘block on progress’ A college’s exams blanket ban on watches over fears learners could use outlawed web-enabled smart watches has been branded… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Taskforce under fire for ‘earn or learn’ name Prime Minister David Cameron’s new troubleshooter taskforce that aims to ensure young people are “earning or learning” has started… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News DfE resit policy leads to GCSE campus chaos Colleges readying themselves for an impending Department for Education (DfE) policy have witnessed a dramatic rise in the number… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 835 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
