News Colleges losing focus on student success, FE Commissioner warns Colleges are losing their focus on student success in favour of other activities, FE Commissioner Dr David Collins has… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Half number of under-performing FE providers by 2020, social mobility body demands The number of under-performing colleges and apprenticeship training providers should be halved by 2020, the Social Mobility and Child… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Professor Alison Wolf given peerage Vocational education expert and academic Alison Wolf is to join the House of Lords, it has been announced. Professor… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New shadow education minister ‘excited’ about FE and skills role New shadow education minister Yvonne Fovargue has spoken of her “excitement” about the FE and skills element of her… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Yvonne Fovargue gets shadow education post in Labour’s mini-reshuffle The new shadow education minister responsible for FE and skills has been named as Yvonne Fovargue. Ms Fovargue’s appointment… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Second academic issues guidance criticism Further education sector bodies have called for action after another academic criticised careers advice in England. In a report… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister admits to ‘nerves’ over making employers cough up for apprenticeships Skills Minister Nick Boles has admitted to being “nervous” about proposed employer cash contributions towards apprenticeship training costs. Addressing… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentice group campaigns on childcare The National Society of Apprentices (NSOA) has called for a childcare funding scheme that hands out up to £8,400… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News QCF ‘needs fixing, not ditching’ Ofqual has been urged not to “throw the baby out with the bathwater” after its boss hinted the Qualifications… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lambeth strike vote shelved to consider ‘new offer’ A ballot that could have led to renewed industrial action at Lambeth College has been suspended to allow union… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Trial over a4e seven accused of fraud offences under way The trial of seven people charged with fraud-related offences after allegedly ripping off the taxpayer at welfare-to-work provider A4e… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News WorldSkills wins £18m BIS boost The government has pledged to continue funding the Skills Show, skills competitions and the UK’s entry to WorldSkills for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
