News FE Week announces media partnership with The Sunday Times Festival of Education The Sunday Times Festival of Education has confirmed FE Week and FE Week as a 2015 media partner. The annual… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister Nick Boles looking into VAT exemption for sixth form colleges with schools ‘link-up’ Skills Minister Nick Boles plans to open discussions with the Treasury about a possible VAT exemption for sixth form… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Doug Richard arrested on suspicion of raping 13-year-old girl Former BBC Dragons’ Den investor and government apprenticeship reform adviser Doug Richard has been arrested and bailed on suspicion… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Third GFE college steps in to take an academy on from struggling chain A third general FE college is set to take over a school whose academy chain sponsor has been hit with… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News A4e gives assurance that fraudsters ‘don’t work for us anymore’ A4e chief executive Andrew Dutton has revealed that none of the staff who ripped off a Department for Work… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News British Gas cutting flow of 16 to 18 apprentices British Gas failed to deliver a massive 89 per cent of its £2.5m initial allocation for 16 to 18… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Confusion as official websites return different apprenticeship results Concerns that two official apprenticeship websites could be causing confusion have emerged with identical vacancy searches returning vastly different… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal says borrowing to blame for finances issue A Basingstoke sixth form college was today expected to present a draft financial recovery plan to the Education Funding… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Value for money question on Gazelle spending ‘answered by memberships’ Gazelle chief executive Fintan Donohue has said that it’s for to colleges to decide if his organisation delivered value… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Certificate conman gets 80 hours’ unpaid work An online conman who sold fake City & Guilds and OCR certificates from his Darlington cul-de-sac home has been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News UPDATED: Indefinite strike woes set to hit for second time in a year UPDATE – Monday, January 19, 2015 A drawn-out strike could be averted and one of the most long running… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Internet block on LGBT websites ‘sends out wrong message’ A Midland college has been warned its internet software was sending out the “wrong message” after it blocked learners… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 854 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 22h Josh Mellor 22h 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
