News Plea for an FE & skills lifeline Funding, change, workload and bureaucracy topped the list of concerns in the second annual FE Week sector survey. Worries… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New lead sponsor for Skills Show revealed Vocational education charity the Edge Foundation is the new lead sponsor for the Skills Show, it has been announced…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Education and Training Foundation workforce survey highlights Functional Skills teacher recruitment problem A third of work-based learning providers are finding it difficult to recruit Functional Skills (FS) teachers, a survey by the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bank fines to fund 50k apprenticeships and traineeships for unemployed 22 to 24-year-olds under Tories A Conservative-led government would use a £200m fund from bank fines issued in the wake of the Libor scandal… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Extra freedoms for FE ‘limited’, claims 157 Group report Delivery of extra freedoms for the FE sector has been “limited” despite being central to government policy for years,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Takeover agreed for A4e to create ‘biggest’ Work Programme contractor Welfare-to-work provider A4e has been sold to recruitment services firm Staffline in a £35.4m deal that includes £11m of… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Euro ‘funding gap’ warning of closures and staff lay-offs The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has warned that a “funding gap” for schemes backed by European… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Trailblazer status in balance after grade four result An employer provider’s status as an apprenticeship Trailblazer was today in the balance after Ofsted found it had “no… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Shakira hopes to inspire minority groups with NUS election win The newly-elected National Union of Students (NUS) vice president for FE Shakira Martin (pictured above left) has told of her… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Interim replacement hired while New College Stamford principal ‘on leave’ Former Lincoln College principal of 14 years John Allen (pictured above left) has taken over from under fire New College… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Concern grows that FE quality mark has ‘stalled’ Concern is growing in the FE sector that plans for an FE Chartered Status quality mark have “stalled” with… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Recruitment at 14 ‘difficult’ as UTCs’ capacity runs as low as 12.2pc Six out of 30 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are operating at up to just a third full — with… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 840 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo