News ETF passes £20m contracts milestone The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has broken through the milestone of £20m in sector contracts. It gave out… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal who stood down amid allegations returns as deputy A former principal who stood down from the top job at London’s Newham College amid a series of damaging… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Free schools sector poised for more FE college sponsors Two FE colleges and one sixth form college are expected to bid to open their own free schools when… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News DfE passes NCS funding buck to BIS The National Careers Service (NCS) figures in many of the hopes for improved information, advice and guidance (IAG). However,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Scotland vote uncertainty for UKCES The future of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) could be just as much on the line… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Study programmes implementation ‘too slow’ warns Ofsted chief Implementation of the government’s study programmes among providers surveyed by Ofsted has been “too slow,” the education watchdog’s director… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News National Careers Council calls for investment fund, better website and subsidies but covers old ground amid ‘insufficient careers progress’ A careers investment fund, an improved National Careers Service (NCS) website and free or subsidised access to advice are… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Councils failing to track learners’ status, Ofsted director to claim Councils are failing to track the status of learners in FE colleges and other training providers, a senior Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Improvement plan ‘not fit for purpose’ at grade four-rated Central Bedfordshire UTC Ofsted inspectors have branded the improvement action plan of an inadequate-rated university technical college (UTC) as “not fit for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Departmental collaboration and high-profile campaign needed to address adult literacy and numeracy issue, say MPs Greater co-operation across several government departments, a review of funding and a high profile national campaign were among a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sector responds to MPs’ adult numeracy and literacy report Key figures from across the FE and skills sector have been poring over the adult numeracy and literacy report by… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sector bodies have their say on government plans Officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are currently sifting through the results of FE and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 835 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