News Spring awards see college learners’ efforts praised [slideshow_deploy id=’34316′] College learners received the red carpet treatment as their outstanding achievements were celebrated at the FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Threefold increase in £200k-plus principal posts The number of colleges paying out upwards of £200k on their principal posts rocketed threefold last academic year, FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Labour plan face-to-face careers advice for all teenagers to include ‘high quality apprenticeship’ guidance Sector leaders have welcomed Labour plans announced today to give every teenager face-to-face careers advice — including guidance on… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Slapped wrists for Ucas after breach of electronic marketing rules by ‘wrongly’ signing college learners up for advertising Learners who used the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) to apply for higher education courses at FE colleges… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Provider hit with grade four rating after just one apprenticeship achievement in two years An independent learning provider that has seen just one learner achieve an apprenticeship since it started running the programme almost… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News SFA relaxes traineeship subcontractor rules while DWP ‘increases access’ for young JSA claimants The Skills Funding Agency has relaxed its rules on new traineeship subcontracting to allow all grade three-rated and non-inspected… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New toolkit launched to help FE providers comply with rules on radicalisation A toolkit aimed at helping colleges and independent learning providers comply with new government rules on preventing radicalisation has been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges defend subcontracting agreements with ‘cult’ school chain Two FE colleges have defended their dealings with a religious school chain denounced as a “cult” by former members and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lewisham Southwark College gets two-inadequates-in-a-row first as pace of improvement criticised Lewisham Southwark College has been given the ignominious honour of becoming the first FE and skills provider to be branded… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC demands investigation by MPs after review reveals 37 per cent starts success in £340m employer ownership of skills pilot The Association of Colleges (AoC) has demanded an inquiry by MPs in the next Parliament into a “waste of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ex-A4e workers jailed over £300k taxpayer fraud Five former A4e workers have been jailed for their parts in a back-to-work scheme fraud that cost the taxpayer nearly… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dr Lynne Sedgmore to become FE and skills’ first Poet Laureate *** Hands up if you fell for it? Yes, this was our April Fool’s Day 2015 prank story, and… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
