News What can FE and skills expect of Nick Boles? With just over a fortnight gone since Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles became the new Skills Minister, the sector… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Mariane Cavalli to leave Warwickshire College next month after unexplained temporary absence Warwickshire College principal Mariane Cavalli will leave her post at the end of August, the college has announced. Her… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New sector leadership thinktank appoints chief executive A new sector leadership thinktank has appointed former National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) policy director Mark Ravenhall… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Tech bacc could help one in four, says Skills Minister Boles New Skills Minister Nick Boles said he hoped one in four young people would study for the government’s flagship… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Union questions move to keep ‘supportive’ Gazelle report out of public domain A decision to keep an allegedly positive report about the under-fire Gazelle Colleges Group under-wraps has been questioned by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills body vows to bring down rejection rate for apprentice certificates A crackdown on rejected claims for apprenticeship certificates has been launched in a bid reduce the number of rejections… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Vocational education inquiry aims to explain reduction in apprenticeship starts, committee chair announces An education committee inquiry into vocational qualifications will look at the reduction of apprenticeships starts among 16 to 19-year-olds,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofqual looks at scrapping QCF rules and reviews qualification sizes Ofqual has launched two 12-week consultations looking at the future of the qualifications and credit framework (QCF) rules and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Grade three providers to get an extra six months on reinspection deadline Providers given a grade three rating by Ofsted will get an extra six months to improve as the education… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College in outstanding ‘no improvement needed’ first from Ofsted A residential college in the north of England has gone one step better than being simply an outstanding FE… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Barnfield Federation to end with separation of college and academies Barnfield College is to split from its associated academies in a move that will spell the end of the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ‘Much-loved’ MidKent College principal Sue McLeod dies, aged 53 MidKent College principal Sue McLeod has died, aged 53. The mum-of-one, who who had joined the college as a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 816 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
