News Threefold increase in £200k-plus principal posts The number of colleges paying out upwards of £200k on their principal posts rocketed threefold last academic year, FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Labour plan face-to-face careers advice for all teenagers to include ‘high quality apprenticeship’ guidance Sector leaders have welcomed Labour plans announced today to give every teenager face-to-face careers advice — including guidance on… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Slapped wrists for Ucas after breach of electronic marketing rules by ‘wrongly’ signing college learners up for advertising Learners who used the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) to apply for higher education courses at FE colleges… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Provider hit with grade four rating after just one apprenticeship achievement in two years An independent learning provider that has seen just one learner achieve an apprenticeship since it started running the programme almost… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News SFA relaxes traineeship subcontractor rules while DWP ‘increases access’ for young JSA claimants The Skills Funding Agency has relaxed its rules on new traineeship subcontracting to allow all grade three-rated and non-inspected… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New toolkit launched to help FE providers comply with rules on radicalisation A toolkit aimed at helping colleges and independent learning providers comply with new government rules on preventing radicalisation has been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges defend subcontracting agreements with ‘cult’ school chain Two FE colleges have defended their dealings with a religious school chain denounced as a “cult” by former members and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lewisham Southwark College gets two-inadequates-in-a-row first as pace of improvement criticised Lewisham Southwark College has been given the ignominious honour of becoming the first FE and skills provider to be branded… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC demands investigation by MPs after review reveals 37 per cent starts success in £340m employer ownership of skills pilot The Association of Colleges (AoC) has demanded an inquiry by MPs in the next Parliament into a “waste of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ex-A4e workers jailed over £300k taxpayer fraud Five former A4e workers have been jailed for their parts in a back-to-work scheme fraud that cost the taxpayer nearly… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dr Lynne Sedgmore to become FE and skills’ first Poet Laureate *** Hands up if you fell for it? Yes, this was our April Fool’s Day 2015 prank story, and… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Government response to sixth form college VAT campaign on Parliament dissolution day branded ‘cynical’ The Government has been branded “cynical” by the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) after responding to a long-running campaign… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 854 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 18h Josh Mellor 18h 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
