News ‘Odious’ rule to be automatically written out of frameworks The government has agreed to the automatic scrapping of a rule that forces apprentices to re-sit qualifications they already… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Barnfield looks for ‘new partners’ after academies split rubber-stamped Barnfield College is “looking to forge new relationships” with partners in the education sector after Whitehall rubber-stamped its split… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Numeracy and literacy not just learner issues The FE sector has to face up to low levels of literacy and numeracy among staff if it wants… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Fraudster poses as principal ordering urgent payment A fraudster posing as a London college principal has been foiled in the latest in a string of attempted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE college UTC heads out of special measures A University Technical College (UTC) which had to be rescued by its local FE college after a damning Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Back to the drawing board on merger as financial rescue plan rejected A Hampshire sixth form college has had to go back to the drawing board in its search for a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister admits ‘no plans to promote new SFCs’ Skills Minister Nick Boles told the House of Commons the government has no intention of “promoting the establishment” of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship week keenness at Milton Keynes Staff at Milton Keynes College were among thousands of sector workers up and down the country to have set… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lords celebration for foundation learners The success of nearly 90 learners helped by the Helena Kennedy Foundation to overcome a variety of obstacles was… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Complete the overhaul of apprenticeships, small businesses group tells parties A challenge to complete the “overhaul” of apprenticeships is being put to the next government, as National Apprenticeship Week… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Develop ‘world class apprenticeships’ to tackle global productivity shortfall, report urges World class apprenticeships should be developed to solve a “productivity shortfall”, the International Skills Standards Organisation (INSSO) has claimed…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused on numbers over quality, commissioner finds Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused too much on getting students through the doors and not of the quality of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 850 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
