News Commissioner on collision course with Ofsted Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins has called for change at Ofsted if it is to “be more useful”… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Delay with finding new London Olass provider The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) quest for a college to take on London’s £17m prison education contract is to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sector welcomes alignment plans for traineeships Government moves to align traineeship rules for 16 to 18 and 19 to 24-year-olds have been welcomed by the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner in FE funding support call The government should look at shifting schools funding to colleges as they struggle to cope with more learners re-sitting… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Outstanding across the board Two independent learning providers (ILPs), one offering IT and accountancy apprenticeships and the other training the nation’s future tennis… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Engage with colleges, Wilshaw tells employers Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has challenged employers to engage more with colleges in an effort to bridge the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lambeth College walkout Staff at Lambeth College have voted in favour of a new walkout over employment contracts — just six months… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sector stumps up £11k for charity at conference auction More than £11,000 was raised for the Helena Kennedy Foundation at the FE Week annual charity auction. The great… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Boles in FE loans expansion hint in digital skills hearing Skills Minister Nick Boles has hinted that the FE loans system was heading for expansion — as the sector… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ETF reviews maths and English The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is to review teaching and accreditation of maths and English for learners unable… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges should lead skills gap charge Colleges need to “face up to their responsibilities” and make FE the sector one that “gets people into work,”… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Beacons of the sector Fourteen FE colleges were winners at the Beacon Awards, They were announced at the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 23h Josh Mellor 23h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
