News ‘Measure job outcomes as success — not just qualifications’ says UKCES Success in the FE and skills sector should be measured by job outcomes and not just qualifications, the UK… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Neet numbers down on-quarter and on-year The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) has fallen on-quarter and on-year. Figures for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC launches 10-point manifesto for general election The Association of Colleges (AoC) has launched a manifesto setting out key issues affecting FE that it wants the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News 24 MPs back £10 wage motion A bid to put the apprentice minimum wage on a par with that of ‘normal’ workers — and for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cable warns principals of bleak funding future Money for FE “will be scarce”, no matter who wins the general election, Business Secretary Vince Cable has warned…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner on collision course with Ofsted Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins has called for change at Ofsted if it is to “be more useful”… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Delay with finding new London Olass provider The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) quest for a college to take on London’s £17m prison education contract is to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sector welcomes alignment plans for traineeships Government moves to align traineeship rules for 16 to 18 and 19 to 24-year-olds have been welcomed by the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner in FE funding support call The government should look at shifting schools funding to colleges as they struggle to cope with more learners re-sitting… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Outstanding across the board Two independent learning providers (ILPs), one offering IT and accountancy apprenticeships and the other training the nation’s future tennis… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Engage with colleges, Wilshaw tells employers Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has challenged employers to engage more with colleges in an effort to bridge the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lambeth College walkout Staff at Lambeth College have voted in favour of a new walkout over employment contracts — just six months… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 816 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
