News Skills Minister speaks at ceremony launching first new FE college for over 20 years Skills Minister Nick Boles visited Essex to mark the “milestone” transformation of Prospects Learning Foundation in to the first… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sector concern after Skills Funding Agency list a further 174 qualifications facing the axe The government has been warned by FE sector leaders against making “simplistic decisions” that could limit funding to qualifications for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Math teacher training fund divides opinion after colleges with notice of financial concern are barred A new maths teacher training fund which will exclude the most cash-strapped colleges doesn’t add up, according to the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE loan applications show no sign of a late summer rush Two FE bodies have warned that the low take-up of 24+ loans shows the scheme should not be extended until… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC and AELP unite in warning BIS FE loan extension plan could hit learner numbers The proposed expansion of the FE loans system to cover to cover level two qualifications and also younger learners could… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Reed recruitment agency stops re-selling My Distance Learning College courses amid row over 32,000 paying-learner certificates A major recruitment agency has stopped re-selling courses run by troubled Rotherham-based provider My Distance Learning College (MDLC) amid… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News EFA pulls Chelmer Training contract after fall from outstanding to inadequate — but questions remain for Ofsted A provider that plummeted straight from Ofsted outstanding nearly a decade ago to inadequate escaped a visit from inspectors… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Colleges asked to step in after private firm reveals plans to walk away from £17m contract The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is looking for a general FE college to step in after a major private… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Financial dispute leaves ‘32,000’ paying students at My Distance Learning College in dark over certificates A Rotherham-based provider has warned that 32,000 paying learners might not get their certificates after a number of awarding… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ETF action over conflict of interest fears after director’s firm wins contract The Education and Training Foundation has acted over conflict of interest concerns surrounding interim director Pauline Odulinski after a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News FE Commissioner pays tribute to new leadership at inadequate Lesoco college The new leadership team at inadequate-rated South London college Lesoco has been praised by the FE Commissioner, it has… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Audit office investigates BIS efforts to simplify FE and skills Efforts to simplify FE funding and bureaucracy by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are under the National… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 835 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
