News Leps Network chair warns of closure after over-worked chief executive resigns amid lack of resources The organisation that oversees the work of Local Enterprise Partnerships (Leps) is in crisis following the resignation of its… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Traineeship ‘evolution’ announced as Boles rejects new funding system plan Plans for a new traineeship funding system, in which providers could be paid based on learner job outcomes for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Don’t abandon expensive subjects to balance books,’ FE Commissioner warns Colleges have been warned against abandoning expensive subjects like science and engineering as they attempt to balance their books…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Fetl launches £100k collective grants Further education organisations can apply for new £100k research grants from the Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl). It… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Art space in £50m DfE refurb A £50m tender to refurb the new Department for Education (DfE) HQ in London includes a gym and the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College issued warning over ‘hand-to-mouth’ finances A Midland college has been warned about its “hand-to-mouth” financial situation by FE Commissioner Dr David Collins. Dr Collins… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC backs Ofqual plans to scrap QCF regulations The Association of Colleges (AoC) has backed Ofqual plans to ditch current regulatory arrangements for the Qualifications and Credit… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Reports of more FE cuts prompt AoC defence Further education has already taken its “fair share” of cuts, the Association of Colleges (AoC) has warned amid claims… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofqual boss issues stability plea on Functional Skills Ofqual boss Glenys Stacey has said qualifications should remain “as stable as possible” as Skills Minister Nick Boles looks… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Unified CIF ‘not money-saving exercise’ Ofsted’s eight-week consultation on bringing an end to its independent FE and skills inspection regime comes to a close… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Show ‘light goes on’ The third national Skills Show kicked off in Birmingham on Thursday (November 13) with have-a-gos, careers advice, skills competitions… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Readers deliver policy demands as parties gear up for election How the 660 FE Week manifesto survey respondents felt about the five most popular reader-generated policy pledges More than… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 832 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 3h Anviksha Patel 3h 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
