News Two ministers, one careers strategy ‘desperately needed’ The Department for Education (DfE) has overlooked Skills Minister Nick Boles (pictured above left) for its careers guidance remit —… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Woodcock’s journey up FE ladder under way John Woodcock, the Labour MP for Cumbria’s Barrow and Furness, was appointed Shadow Education Minister for Young People last… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Labour MPs put their names forward for BIS committee chair Labour MPs Iain Wright (pictured above left) and Roberta Blackman-Woods (pictured above right) have launched bids to challenge Adrian Bailey for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Grade four Priory ordered to leave second apprenticeship Trailblazer Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave a second healthcare-related Trailblazer group following its grade four across-the-board rating… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges ‘come of age’ at time of need for change Senior FE and skills figures warned that colleges would have to change “more than ever before” to survive, at… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Don’t cut allocations to meet savings target, pleads sector The government has been warned against looking to FE allocations to help meet Chancellor George Osborne’s aim of a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Six-month euro funding delay ‘could have been avoided’ Sector leaders have lashed out at the UK government and European Commission over a possible six-month funding gap for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Concerns for FE funding after Treasury announces £900m in-year BIS and DfE budget cuts The future of FE funding looks uncertain after £900m of additional cuts to the Department for Business, Innovation and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Prime Minister’s apprenticeships ‘troubleshooter’ taskforce officially unveiled [slideshow_deploy id=’36007′] This is Prime Minister David Cameron’s new “troubleshooter” taskforce set to track government progress on its… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Lewisham Southwark College loses employment tribunal case over blind worker’s access to software Lewisham Southwark College discriminated against a blind employee by failing to make reasonable adjustments to help him do his… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Go for it Team UK! Our competitors for WorldSkills Brazil are announced [slideshow_deploy id=’35870′] These are the 41 UK youngsters upon whose shoulders the hopes of a nation will rest… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College issues exams blanket ban on wristwatches over concerns about ‘hard to identify’ internet-enabled smart watches An East Midlands college has issued an exams blanket ban on wristwatches over fears learners could cheat using powerful… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 835 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
