News Survey reveals principals’ unease with area reviews Almost 90 per cent of principals affected by new area reviews are unhappy with government guidance outlining how the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Post-16 funding implication will be examined for summer-born change The impact on post-16 funding of plans to allow summer-born children to enter reception after their fifth birthday will be examined… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Topslice offenders threatened with funding suspension Providers that flout rules on revealing how much they topslice when subcontracting have been given a November 23 deadline… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News OCR exam board chief Mark Dawe resigns The chief executive of one of the country’s leading awarding organisations has resigned, it was announced today. Mark Dawe,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y 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 Newer 1 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 12h Josh Mellor 12h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
