News ‘Don’t prepare for new inspections’, Ofsted boss Lorna Fitzjohn tells FE providers Colleges which are good at “what they do on a daily basis” should not prepare for inspection under Ofsted’s… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Nick Boles faces education grilling from MPs Skills Minister Nick Boles has reiterated his commitment to make it illegal to misuse the word “apprenticeships”. Mr Boles,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Further education learners and staff to take the cuts protest to MPs’ front door at Parliament FE staff and students are set to lobby politicians directly tomorrow afternoon as they take the fight against swingeing sector… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Tax expert and public private relationships adviser to take reins at 157 Group The new chief executive of the 157 Group is to be Ian Pretty, currently a senior vice president for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News UTCs team to ‘work with’ Boles on programme The organisation behind Lord Baker’s university technical colleges (UTCs) has said it will be “working with” Skills Minister Nick… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Is England set to go Dutch on skills system? Super colleges and beefed-up sector skills councils could be on the horizon — if Skills Minister Nick Boles’s hopes… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Let’s work together on 16 to 19s, FE leaders tell local councils Sector leaders have said they are keen to work with local authorities on improving 16 to 19 participation and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentice recruitment halted over funding delay Providers hit with an unexpected and “agonising wait” to find out if they will be paid for apprenticeships and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News MPs pitch for chair posts on FE committees Nominations have closed, and the race to chair two of Parliament’s most influential select committees is almost over. Labour… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Burnham backlash over apprentice loans worries Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham sparked an alarmed response on Twitter after his comments on apprenticeship loans led to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Enterprise bill to protect term ‘apprenticeship’ and force public bodies to recruit Apprenticeships will be given the same legal protection as degrees, allowing a clampdown on firms which misuse the term,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal and vocational teaching leader Frank McLoughlin leads FE & skills pack in Queen’s Birthday honours with knighthood City and Islington College principal and chair of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (Cavtl) Frank McLoughlin has… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 14h Josh Mellor 14h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
