News Study of colleges shows ‘encouraging’ texts dramatically cut dropout rates A study of three colleges has shown that sending regular encouraging text messages to learners can dramatically cut dropout… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New Apprenticeship Delivery Board announced A new Apprenticeship Delivery Board (ADB) is set to advise the government on how to reach its target of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News 26 new Trailblazer groups announced Film and TV, ceramics, veterinary nursing, and motorcycle manufacturing are among the industries that will be covered by 26… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Eight things we learned from the Skills Funding Agency’s annual accounts The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has released its annual accounts and report for 2014/15, so we had a comb… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dates announced for next year’s National Apprenticeship Week National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) will run next year from March 14 to 18. The dates for the ninth annual… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Five colleges announce ‘collaboration’ plans after pioneering area review Five FE and sixth form colleges facing “significant financial challenges” are “actively considering” collaboration plans, following a pioneering review… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Boles tasks Education and Training Foundation with functional skills ‘reform programme’ The Education and Training Foundation has been asked to draw up a “programme of reform” for functional skills qualifications,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Additional adult skills cuts account for just 13 per cent of required BIS savings Further cuts to college budgets will account for just 13 per cent of extra savings needed at the Department… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BIS committee announces inquiry into government Productivity Plan The government’s Productivity Plan will be the first focus of the new business, innovation and skills (BIS) select committee,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA confirms further 3.9 per cent ASB cut as in-year departmental savings bite FE providers face a further cut of almost four per cent to their non-apprenticeship funding in 2015/16, the Skills… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges claw-back warning after audit reveals SFA may have wrongly paid out £50m Almost £50m of funding may have been wrongly paid out by the Skills Funding Agency last financial year and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sixth Form Commissioner warns of large-scale mergers for sixth from college Large-scale mergers may be needed among sixth form colleges (SFCs) to cope with looming funding problems, Sixth Form Commissioner… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 850 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1w 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
