News Team UK triumph at EuroSkills 2014 FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News EuroSkills 2014 competitions come to an end — awards await Day three at Lille brought with it the promise of the final break to the rigorous and testing competitions…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Challenging first day for Team UK at Lille EuroSkills The massive hall of the Grand Palais in Lille where the skills competitions take place feels like a cross… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Joint survey paints college enrolment picture Colleges from up and down the country have revealed how many students have joined their courses this year as… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal’s ‘keep faith with learners’ plea after stepping in to save teens The principal of an East London college that stepped in to save sixth form learners dumped over their AS-level… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Free school green light for Weston and Bedford Two general further education colleges have been given the green light to open free schools in the latest round… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Miliband’s wage pledge could see apprentices win 23pc raise The apprenticeship minimum wage could rise by 23 per cent if Labour wins next year’s general election. The party… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE providers in HS2 college plans At least 10 FE and skills sector providers could be involved with the new National College for High Speed… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Exclusive: Functional skills handed lifeline Functional Skills could be set for a return to government favour with Skills Minister Nick Boles having revealed plans… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Exclusive: Skills Minister hints at scrapping cash contributions plan Plans to introduce mandatory employer cash contributions for apprenticeships could be scrapped, Skills Minister Nick Boles has indicated. In… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New centre prompts hope of vocational catch-up Professor Alison Wolf has told of her hopes that a new national vocational education centre to influence policy and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Opening ceremony marks the start of Euro Skills 2014 – come on Team UK At the start, last night’s opening ceremony for EuroSkills 2014 felt like quite a muted affair — the photographer,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 835 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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
