News Fourth ‘national college’ gets digital skills focus England’s fourth national college will focus on digital skills and coding, it has been revealed. The National College for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Morgan rejects AoC manifesto call on A-levels Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has rejected an Association of College (AoC) manifesto call to keep AS-levels linked to A-levels…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Professor Wolf tells of ‘unease’ at 16-19 GCSE exemption Study programmes architect Professor Alison Wolf has warned that a Department for Education (DfE) English and maths qualification exemption… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Gazelle departures prompt membership review Three colleges have revealed plans to leave the Gazelle College Group this month, taking the total number quitting before… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cable acts on apprentice rule after legal threat A “five-year rule” forcing early years apprentices to re-sit for qualifications they already had could be scrapped after a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Science museum hosts FE and skills technology talk Google glasses, YouTube and digital reward badges were all hot topics at a learning technology discussion group for FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentice training clash after NI break for bosses Unions and business leaders have clashed over the issue of investment in training after Chancellor George Osborne announced the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Red tape reduction efforts need ‘democratic scrutiny’ The failure of a government plan to make any major dent in £300m of FE and skills sector red… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal of cash-strapped college backs ‘look at finances’ plea for Ofsted The principal of a college recovering from financial difficulties has backed FE Commissioner Dr David Collins in his view… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Employers shamed for underpaying workers — including apprentices The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has named and shamed 25 employers for failing to pay the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bank of BIS launches emergency college loans General FE colleges turned away by the banks and facing financial meltdown have been thrown a possible lifeline with… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News BIS plan to cut £300m FE and skills red tape shaves just 2 pc off costs for providers, audit office finds A government plan to reduce £300m of FE and skill bureaucracy has come under fire from Public Accounts Committee… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 812 Older Must read 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo