News Director defends subcontracting with 120-plus providers A director of a general FE college has defended its quality assessment procedures after FE Week research found it… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Learner needs top in functional skills revamp Learner needs for “frequent retakes” need to be taken into account amid Ofqual-recommended improvements to Functional Skills, Federation of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Research on creative leadership case study: Ruth Allen The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) last week unveiled the four people chosen for its first wave of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Tables joy for duo on A-levels and vocational study Truro and Penwith College and Runshaw College dominated this year’s league tables for general FE (GFE) and tertiary colleges,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principals on board with voting principle College principals have been enlisted in the effort to register learners to vote in May’s general election. The Electoral… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News WorldSkills UK Brazil job for sector funding boss Peter The boss of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the Education Funding Agency has been handed the enviable task of representing… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Report showing £800m of public money spent on post-16 drop-outs ‘shines light on careers advice failings’ says AoC boss Martin Doel A report for the Local Government Association (LGA) claiming more than £800m of public money went on teenagers who… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Work with colleges on learners’ ‘technical expertise’, Cable tells Hefce The body responsible for funding higher education has been instructed by the government to work with FE colleges to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Mistakes’ led to ‘costly and inefficient’ buildings One site ‘difficult’ for learners to get to and ‘unsuitable for provision’ £68m developments leave college with huge… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BREAKING: Apprenticeship starts up for 16 to 18s and across all ages Apprenticeship starts in the 16 to 18 age group were up by almost 9,000 in the first quarter of 2014/15 versus… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Colleges that don’t engage with businesses will fail’ Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw tells MPs Colleges risk failing their Ofsted inspections if they are not engaging effectively with employers, Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skilled sector pay under-estimated by teens, according to new research marking launch of VQ Day awards A “lack of understanding” about salaries has been blamed on careers guidance failings after research released today showed teenagers… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 835 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
