News Government cuts could ‘decimate’ adult education by 2020, AoC warns Continued cuts to the adult skills budget risk wiping out adult education and training in England within five years,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New vocational research centre ‘won’t clash’ with Education and Training Foundation The government has outlined how its sees the role of a new Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) as different to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Loans plan on hold for review of ‘overall funding for skills provision’ Government plans to extend the reach of the FE loans system have been put on hold pending a review… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Government consultation on future of FE provides opportunity for more funding questions A wide-ranging government consultation on the future of FE that launched today has prompted sector calls for a rethink… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Inadequate-rated college follows through on FE Commissioner’s merger advice — leaving nearly 100 jobs in the balance Norton Radstock College’s proposed merger with City of Bath College will be made official next month in a move that… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News London School of Economics to host new Centre for Vocational Education Research A new £3m project aimed at researching new ideas for FE will be based at the London School of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Show changes revealed Potential investors got a sneak peak of what’s going to be on offer at this year’s Skills Show at… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Level two English and maths ‘needed outside of GCSEs’ The Education and Training Foundation review of non-GSCE English and maths qualifications is likely to result in a call… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted hits back at ‘not fit for purpose’ criticism Ofsted has defended itself against criticism in an Association of Colleges (AoC) paper that branded the education watchdog as… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hope for continued English apprentice Euro recognition Ofqual hopes to ensure English apprenticeships will continue to be recognised in Europe after the Qualifications and Credit Framework… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Boles kills off two-page Trailblazer pledge Skills Minister Nick Boles has relaxed much-vaunted rules set by his predecessor, Matthew Hancock, that limited new apprenticeship guidelines… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Reform victory for status quo cash flow Providers and employers who said no to government cash for apprenticeship training going through businesses have won the fight… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 832 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 15h Anviksha Patel 15h 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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
