News Strike ballot start to new academic year for college staff after UCU rejects AoC pay freeze Thousands of FE staff will begin the new academic year with a ballot on whether to strike over pay…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lure of foreign market tempts NOCN to follow other awarding organisations’ footsteps abroad The lure of a new foreign market has temped NOCN to offer management training qualifications in India as it follows… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cash-strapped Greenwich Community College making ‘reasonable progress’ eight months after inadequate blow A struggling London college has been praised by Ofsted for “reasonable progress” across the board less than eight months… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News What can WorldSkillsUK chiefs learn about Brazil’s Vet system at Sao Paulo 2015? Sao Paulo 2015 is the first WorldSkills competition to be held in Latin America and, with 1,192 registered competitors,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government advertises apprentice posts for ‘shamed’ minimum wage offenders The government is allowing known minimum wage offender firms to advertise for workers on its apprentice vacancy matching service, FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BIS ‘confirms’ ruling on local authority plan to split troubled Lewisham Southwark College Local council plans to split Lewisham Southwark College and bring half of it under local authority control have been rejected… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Niace appoints groundbreaking FE-bred NUS president Toni Pearce to employment and skills post The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has appointed outgoing president of the National Union of Students (NUS)… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sixth form colleges set to lose criminal record-checking service Sixth form colleges have been told they will have to find a new way of checking whether potential staff… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Funding error reports to be sent to providers after request from advisory group The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is to send out tailored data return error reports in response to recommendations from… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Awarding organisation NCFE purchases Cache Awarding organisation NCFE has bought the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (Cache) for an undisclosed sum,… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Early years education sector sees latest DfE U-turn on GCSE entry requirement The government today revealed it had undertaken the latest in a series of early years educator (EYE) U-turns by… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Frustration grows among providers as SFA apprenticeship website remains closed — three days after maintenance UPDATE AT 8.24AM Friday, July 31: Apprenticeship vacancy matching service up and running (see foot of story) Frustration is… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 854 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 13h Josh Mellor 13h 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
