News Ofsted ‘sea change’ over college finances Ofsted has undergone a “sea change” in the way it looks at college finances, according to a principal who… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Predictability plea as just 15 pc affected after clawback warning The Association of Colleges (AoC) has supported Skills Funding Agency plans to make its funding system more “predictable” after… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Careers advisers who don’t promote apprenticeships should be fired’ Failure to promote apprenticeships and traineeships should result in the sack for careers advisers, House of Commons Education Select… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Teen confronts politicians over sixth form college VAT A 17-year-old learner put School Reform Minister Nick Gibb and Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt on the spot as… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BIS issues new list of named and shamed underpaying bosses Apprenticeship employers were among the latest round of offenders named and shamed for failing to pay the national minimum… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentices’ ‘measly’ 2.6pc min wage rise A proposed 2.6 per cent rise in the National Minimum Wage for apprentices has been branded “measly” by National… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Byrne gives 16 to 19 ringfence assurance Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne has pledged a Labour Government would not raid the 16 to 19 budget to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Professor Wolf says more to be done on employer involvement Professor Alison Wolf has called for more to be done to involve employers in college assessment and delivery after… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC chief calls on Labour to use tuition fee cut funding to benefit FE Labour should use extra funding pledged to reduce university tuition fees to help support the FE sector, Association of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sector chief tells of jobs fear as providers face 24pc funding cut Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel (pictured) has told of his fears that more job losses could be… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE Week launches 2015 survey — prizes on offer for your opinions It’s that time again! The second annual FE Week survey launches today with the aim of taking the sector’s… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dr Lynne Sedgmore to step down from 157 Group executive director role Dr Lynne Sedgmore today announced plans to retire from her executive director’s role at the 157 Group later this year…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 835 Older Must read 16-19 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Qualifications 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo