News Apprenticeship dedication earns Jason Holt a New Year honour as 34 FE and skills figures celebrate awards The author of a 2012 government-commissioned report aimed at boosting apprentice uptake among businesses is one of four FE… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News CBI director general Cridland calls for GCSE ‘abolition’ with participation age rising to 18 The abolition of GCSEs in favour of tests at the age of 18 has been put forward by Confederation… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Aerospace firm fined £24k after apprentice breaks arm in machine An aerospace company has been fined after an apprentice was severely injured when his right arm got caught in… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former principal chosen to lead ETF review of non-GSCE English and maths quals Former college principal Professor Ed Sallis will lead a taskforce looking at teaching and accreditation of maths and English for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship pay survey report released – with reaction Younger apprentices are being hit hardest by minimum wage non-compliance with nearly a quarter not getting the right pay… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to face MPs on careers advice Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is set to be grilled by MPs over the government’s record on careers advice. She is… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BIS response to select committee’s adult maths and English inquiry recognises ‘urgency of situation’ The government’s response to a House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee inquiry into adult literacy and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College governors get AoC code preview The Association of Colleges (AoC) has launched a consultation on a proposed new code of governance for English colleges…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former Exeter College learner Jo Pavey beaten to BBC Sports Personality title by Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton Hopes of an ex-FE and skills learner claiming glory in the Sports Personality of Year awards last night were… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News UCU rules out further strikes over 2014/15 pay deal The University and College Union (UCU) has ruled out further strikes over this year’s pay offer for FE, but claims industrial… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New SFA chief Peter Lauener reveals college finance concerns in exclusive interview first with FE Week New Skills Funding Agency (SFA) chief executive Peter Lauener (pictured) has told of his concern for the future of… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ‘Outstanding’ FE Week repoter Paul It’s official — FE Week journalism is worthy of an award! Reporter Paul Offord (pictured), aged 37, walked away… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 835 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
