News DfE publishes list of mandatory qualifications for learners without grade C or above in GCSE English and maths The Department for Education (DfE) has published a list of English and maths qualifications that providers must choose from as a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ETF seeks to answer IfL membership concerns after transfer vote green light The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) said it was still working out the details of a move to take… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News High-achieving Midland apprentices honoured with House of Lords celebration Dozens of high-achieving apprentices from West Nottinghamshire College Group were handed awards at a House of Lords ceremony to celebrate… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News IfL council votes in favour of closing and takeover by ETF The Institute for Learning (IfL) is to close and will be taken over by the Education and Training Foundation… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former Shadow Skills Minister Gordon Marsden calls for return of ‘concept behind’ fraud-plagued funding system The return of the “concept behind” a Labour government policy on funding adult skills abandoned in 2001 amid fraud… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Gazelle’s ‘supportive’ report from the ETF to remain private An allegedly “supportive” report by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) on Gazelle will not be made public with both… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former IfL deputy chief makes last-ditch plea for body to stay ‘independent’ as members vote on ETF takeover plan A former deputy chief executive of the Institute for Learning (IfL) has made a last-ditch public plea to stop… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News UCU set to ask college staff to reject biggest pay offer in five years College staff across England will be urged to reject their biggest pay offer in five years when the University… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lowestoft College’s ‘on leave’ principal to step down after critical report Lowestoft College principal Simon Summers (pictured) is to step down — just a fortnight after it was revealed he took… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Chair at inadequate-rated Stockport College tells board he is stepping down The chair of governors at Stockport College, which was hit with an inadequate Ofsted rating last year before being… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister Nick Boles acknowledges ‘concerns’ that qualifications reform has gone too far Skills Minister Nick Boles said he was prepared to investigate whether qualifications reform had “gone too far” as he… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New Skills Minister Nick Boles admits to knowing ‘nothing’ about sector New Skills Minister Nick Boles admitted to knowing “nothing” about the sector during his first parliamentary appearance in the job,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 831 Older Must read 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 7d Shane Chowen 7d 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
