News Phones 4u collapse leaves learners in dark More than 800 apprentices were today in the dark over their qualifications and job future after Skills Funding Agency… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Student services leader criticises DfE over ‘costly’ handling of FE free meal top-ups Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has felt the full force of college student service leaders’ frustration over her department’s handling… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Fraudster cash goes toward apprenticeships return A council in Bedfordshire will use the ill-gotten gains of a junk mail fraudster to bring back its apprenticeship… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Minister to rule on Barnfield split after public say Skills Minister Nick Boles will rule on plans for Barnfield College to leave the Barnfield Federation once a public… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BREAKING: AoC goes ahead with pay deal despite UCU opposition The Association of Colleges (AoC) is to proceed with its pay deal despite plans by the University and College Union… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News REVEALED – the new FE Insider columnist for FE Week Like the next Dr Who or latest James Bond, the world has been waiting with bated breath to learn… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News DfE U-turn on FE free meals policy puts top-ups back on menu The Department for Education (DfE) today revealed a U-turn on its FE free meals policy, allowing providers to boost… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News UCU announces strike and possible further action as members reject 1 per cent pay rise College staff have voted to strike next month in the latest of a series of strikes over pay, the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College rips up ‘not fit for purpose’ UTC action plan An improvement plan aimed at turning around the fortunes of an inadequate-rated university technical college (UTC) has been ripped… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Education Secretary under pressure to establish ‘careers hubs’ Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has come under pressure from FE sector leaders to reform careers advice and guidance by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Inspectors to take closer look at under fire study programmes Study programmes will be “central to inspections” from this week as Ofsted seeks to challenge a slow response to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News GCSE failure as Wilshaw sounds alarm bells Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has told of his shock at GCSE English and maths attainment levels and teaching… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 835 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