News Report calls on government to extend providers’ prison learning contracts for a year The Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) has called on Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Justice Secretary Michael Gove to extend… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Two Devon colleges facing combined £4m budget shortfall for 2015/16 consider merger Two Devon-based colleges that need to make around £4m savings between them over the next academic year could merge…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New shadow challenger for Skills Minister Boles on DfE brief Labour’s John Woodcock has replaced Yvonne Fovargue as Shadow Education Minister for Young People. The MP for Barrow and… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Farewells to sector ‘champion’ Sector leaders lined up to pay tribute to the efforts of former Business Secretary and self-proclaimed FE-saviour Dr Vince… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News As you are for Labour FE Labour’s top education and business teams have emerged from a post-election mini-reshuffle identical to their pre-election make-up. Acting Labour… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Question marks hover over BIS future Concerns about the future of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) may spark an investigation by a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Priory ordered to leave Trailblazer group Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave the healthcare employers’ Trailblazer group after it was hit with a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hundreds of Yorkshire colleges’ jobs set for axe More than 200 college jobs are facing the axe in West Yorkshire in a bid by management at Leeds… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Race is on for 3m apprenticeships Apprenticeship target a ‘significant challenge’ The creation of 3m apprenticeships by 2020 is a “significant challenge” that can only be achieved… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Javid — will he be Treasury stooge or FE friend? Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed the Conservative MP Sajid Javid (pictured) as Business Secretary in his new majority… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna withdraws from Labour leadership race Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna has dropped his bid to run the Labour Party, citing the “scrutiny and attention”… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Full report on FE Week and Policy Consortium second annual sector survey released The full report on the results of the second annual FE Week and Policy Consortium survey has been published. The… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 835 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
