News Learners need new providers after inadequate ratings Hundreds of learners will be hoping for new providers after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) said it would tear… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Question mark over the future of Trailblazer reviews A question mark was today left hanging over the future of Trailblazer apprenticeship standard reviews. Approval has so far… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commended for world’s best teacher award A singing science lecturer from Middlesbrough College narrowly missed out on a $1m prize recognising the world’s best teacher…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE Commissioner offers president advice Former presidents of the Association of Colleges (AoC) have welcomed the election of John Widdowson (pictured above) as next… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dame Ruth takes on Scotland role Former Learning and Skills Improvement Service chair Dame Ruth Silver (pictured) has now been appointed to chair a Scottish Government… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College opens doors for its own ‘Skills Show’ event [slideshow_deploy id=’33906′] From manicuring to forensic science and robotics to bricklaying, London learners got a taste of the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Labour’s apprenticeship policy fails to win support Labour’s pledge to axe apprenticeships at level two came under attack once again when Shadow Junior Education Minister Yvonne… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Further education providers announced as Nuclear National College partners Further Education providers in the north and south of England have been named as key partners in a new… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Darlington College tumbles from grade one to four A North East England college has tumbled from an outstanding Ofsted rating to inadequate, an inspection report published today… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News EXCLUSIVE: SFA wins provider allocation deal with BIS to stop budget cuts hitting 32 per cent ‘Cushioning’ agreement with BIS limits worst of adult skills cuts to 24 per cent The Skills Funding Agency (SFA)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Budget confirms 2017 roll-out of apprenticeship vouchers as FE sector braces for more cuts New “digital apprenticeship vouchers” will be introduced in 2017, the government confirmed today as sector bodies raised concerns about… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Jan Hodges announces Edge Foundation retirement Edge Foundation chief executive Jan Hodges OBE today announced her retirement next month after a 35-year career in education…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 829 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