News BAE given £35m SFA contract despite not tendering A £35m IT contract with the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has been awarded to BAE Systems — despite the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Warning against ‘one size fits all’ inspections as Ofsted considers FE and skills merger with schools and early years Ofsted proposals to merge the FE and skills inspection regime with schools and early years have drawn warnings from the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News EXCLUSIVE: Ofsted FE and skills inspections face merger with schools and early years Ofsted’s FE and skills inspection regime could be scrapped as the watchdog looks at a huge merger shake-up including… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Trade union and business leaders issue joint agreement over traineeship pay and work experience as programme marks one-year anniversary Trade union and business leaders have today issued a joint agreement on traineeships over pay and work experience quality… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Government Q&A on apprenticeship funding reform fails to ease concerns Concerns about proposed new apprenticeship funding models remain despite an update on reform plans from the Department for Business,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Free schools allowed to join ranks of the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association Free schools could be allowed to join the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) after its governing council voted in… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Pressure mounts for answers over Warwickshire College principal Mariane Cavalli’s departure A Midland college is under growing pressure to go public over the departure of its former principal after she unexpectedly… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News What can FE and skills expect of Nick Boles? With just over a fortnight gone since Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles became the new Skills Minister, the sector… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Mariane Cavalli to leave Warwickshire College next month after unexplained temporary absence Warwickshire College principal Mariane Cavalli will leave her post at the end of August, the college has announced. Her… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New sector leadership thinktank appoints chief executive A new sector leadership thinktank has appointed former National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) policy director Mark Ravenhall… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Tech bacc could help one in four, says Skills Minister Boles New Skills Minister Nick Boles said he hoped one in four young people would study for the government’s flagship… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Union questions move to keep ‘supportive’ Gazelle report out of public domain A decision to keep an allegedly positive report about the under-fire Gazelle Colleges Group under-wraps has been questioned by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 841 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo