News Business Secretary Vince Cable calls for crackdown on ‘short-term tactical subcontracting’ Business Secretary Vince Cable has called on the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to crack down on “short-term tactical subcontracting”…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Training providers celebrate listings in Sunday Times’ ‘100 best companies to work for’ Two independent learning providers are celebrating being named on a prestigious list of the UK’s best companies to work… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner suggests college help to Marine Society The FE Commissioner has called for a distance learning provider to work with an FE college and raised doubts… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Tribunal trademark victory forces company to rename Bosses at Newcastle College have won their tribunal case against a Manchester-registered company forcing it to change its name…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New college procedures ‘not fit for purpose’ Official procedures to become an incorporated college have been described as “not fit for purpose” by the first person… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted ‘sea change’ over college finances Ofsted has undergone a “sea change” in the way it looks at college finances, according to a principal who… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Predictability plea as just 15 pc affected after clawback warning The Association of Colleges (AoC) has supported Skills Funding Agency plans to make its funding system more “predictable” after… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Careers advisers who don’t promote apprenticeships should be fired’ Failure to promote apprenticeships and traineeships should result in the sack for careers advisers, House of Commons Education Select… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Teen confronts politicians over sixth form college VAT A 17-year-old learner put School Reform Minister Nick Gibb and Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt on the spot as… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BIS issues new list of named and shamed underpaying bosses Apprenticeship employers were among the latest round of offenders named and shamed for failing to pay the national minimum… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentices’ ‘measly’ 2.6pc min wage rise A proposed 2.6 per cent rise in the National Minimum Wage for apprentices has been branded “measly” by National… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Byrne gives 16 to 19 ringfence assurance Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne has pledged a Labour Government would not raid the 16 to 19 budget to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 854 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 20h Josh Mellor 20h 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