News Prime Minister’s apprenticeships ‘troubleshooter’ taskforce officially unveiled [slideshow_deploy id=’36007′] This is Prime Minister David Cameron’s new “troubleshooter” taskforce set to track government progress on its… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Lewisham Southwark College loses employment tribunal case over blind worker’s access to software Lewisham Southwark College discriminated against a blind employee by failing to make reasonable adjustments to help him do his… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Go for it Team UK! Our competitors for WorldSkills Brazil are announced [slideshow_deploy id=’35870′] These are the 41 UK youngsters upon whose shoulders the hopes of a nation will rest… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News College issues exams blanket ban on wristwatches over concerns about ‘hard to identify’ internet-enabled smart watches An East Midlands college has issued an exams blanket ban on wristwatches over fears learners could cheat using powerful… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College job over after school achieves grade one Hull College has given up its sponsorship of a formerly failing local school having guided it to top marks… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE Commissioner praise following revisits The FE Commissioner has praised progress being made at two colleges following revisits. Dr David Collins checked up on… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News High profile football referee honoured at old college Former international football referee and Rotherham College alumni Howard Webb has been recognised by the Association of Colleges (AoC)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted denies ‘jumping gun’ with Bolton College GCSE criticism Ofsted has denied “jumping the gun” on an impending funding condition after a report appeared to criticise a college… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News UTCs take eight spaces in list of 50 worst for absence Eight University Technical Colleges (UTCs) have been listed among England’s worst providers for overall absence. The Department for Education… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Prime Minister lays out apprenticeships as ‘first priority’ but sector awaits policy details The creation of more apprenticeship starts is the “first priority” out of legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech, the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government reviews FE scrutiny info The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has launched a review of the data it publishes on FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted scrapping of graded lesson observations ‘right’ Ofsted’s decision to scrap graded lesson observations for FE inspections has been described as the “right way to go”… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 848 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
