News FE colleges get £700k windfall for higher ed collaboration More than £700,000 will be handed shared among 74 FE colleges to encourage young people to progress into higher… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Local authority one of just three to win a glowing Ofsted report A Midland council is celebrating after its adult education provision was rated outstanding across the board by Ofsted. Wolverhampton… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Finance directors targeted in scam College finance directors have been targeted in a bailiff scam involving a chilling “long series” of phonecalls with the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship reforms ‘not in long grass’ — Boles Skills Minister Nick Boles denied apprenticeship reforms had been “kicked into the long grass” after the government went back… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cameron hits the roof The Prime Minister reached new heights when he visited a Nottingham provider to find out more about apprenticeships, writes… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA apologises for shock clawback warning that caused ‘sleepless nights’ for provider staff Skills Funding Agency (SFA) director Keith Smith (pictured) has apologised to providers about a shock clawback warning that caused “sleepless… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News A4e staff ripped off DWP welfare-to-work scheme with false clients and forged paper trails Four A4e workers forged paperwork to make fraudulent claims against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) welfare-to-work scheme,… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Apprenticeship reform proposals were ‘half-cocked,’ Skills Minister Nick Boles tells MPs Skills Minister Nick Boles has told the House of Commons Education Select Committee that the government had “gone off half-cock” [sic]… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship funding question remains unanswered as government consults further on PAYE and credit account The future of apprenticeship funding remains unclear despite the government this morning responding to the results of a three-month… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ‘Extraordinary’ former Lambeth College vice principal dies, aged 68 A former London college vice-principal described by ex-colleagues as “a woman of extraordinary energy and judgement” has died, aged… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Counting the cost of Labour’s plans to reform apprenticeships Labour’s apprenticeship proposals could cost taxpayers as much as £11.7bn over the course of the next parliament, according to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College steps in with A4e set to walk away from London prisons A general FE college has stepped in after a major private provider pulled out early from London’s £17m prison… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 832 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 9h Anviksha Patel 9h 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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