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 1 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 854 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 16h Josh Mellor 16h 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
