News Scores of FE colleges involved in £3.75m project to boost sector’s higher education staff Almost 50 FE colleges will take part in a £3.75m project to help ensure industry knowledge is passed on by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Audit office FE finances probe should examine 24pc cut plans, say college leaders College leaders have called for a government National Audit Office (NAO) probe into college financial sustainability to consider the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Business Secretary Vince Cable calls for crackdown on ‘short-term tactical subcontracting’ Business Secretary Vince Cable has called on the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to crack down on “short-term tactical subcontracting”…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Training providers celebrate listings in Sunday Times’ ‘100 best companies to work for’ Two independent learning providers are celebrating being named on a prestigious list of the UK’s best companies to work… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner suggests college help to Marine Society The FE Commissioner has called for a distance learning provider to work with an FE college and raised doubts… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Tribunal trademark victory forces company to rename Bosses at Newcastle College have won their tribunal case against a Manchester-registered company forcing it to change its name…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New college procedures ‘not fit for purpose’ Official procedures to become an incorporated college have been described as “not fit for purpose” by the first person… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y 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 Newer 1 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 840 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo