News Ofsted reinspection timeframe halved Ofsted proposals to halve the time between inspections of good FE and skills providers have been questioned by the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cable’s ‘FE saviour’ claim backed by ex-SFA boss Claims by Business Secretary Vince Cable that he stopped government officials from “killing off” FE have been backed by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted looking at ‘frequent but shorter’ inspections for good providers Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has laid out plans for “frequent but shorter” inspections for good FE and skills… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Clegg repeats ‘cradle to college’ pledge but questions remain unanswered Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has repeated his pledge to protect education funding “from cradle to college” in his… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BREAKING: SFA to allow funding ‘top-up’ for new Esol quals Concerns about delivery costs for new English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) qualifications have been addressed by a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Cable in ‘kill off FE’ claim at Lib Dem conference Business Secretary Vince Cable has claimed that government officials suggested “killing off FE” by cutting sector funding, it has… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Quest for EuroSkills glory under way for Team UK Hundreds of skilled young tradesmen and women from across Europe came together to compete in a range of skills… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Conservatives Conference: No new cash behind citizen service pledge Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan for guaranteed access to the National Citizen Service will not be backed up with… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cable calls for 40pc apprentice minimum wage rise Apprentices’ pay could rise by almost 40 per cent if a plan by Business Secretary Vince Cable is approved…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Team UK triumph at EuroSkills 2014 FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News EuroSkills 2014 competitions come to an end — awards await Day three at Lille brought with it the promise of the final break to the rigorous and testing competitions…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Challenging first day for Team UK at Lille EuroSkills The massive hall of the Grand Palais in Lille where the skills competitions take place feels like a cross… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo