News All aboard for the Skills Show Plans for the third annual Skills Show have been unveiled, featuring more than 50 hands-on activities, a new tour… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Indies challenged to compete The independent learning provider (ILP) sector has been laid down the challenge of getting more involved in skills competitions…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sixth form colleges record growing numbers Sixth form colleges have shared their enrolment figures for 2014 after taking part in a joint Association of Colleges… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Functional Skills here to stay, says Boles Functional Skills “will continue to be one of the types of qualification that learners have available,” according to a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted reinspection timeframe halved Ofsted proposals to halve the time between inspections of good FE and skills providers have been questioned by the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cable’s ‘FE saviour’ claim backed by ex-SFA boss Claims by Business Secretary Vince Cable that he stopped government officials from “killing off” FE have been backed by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted looking at ‘frequent but shorter’ inspections for good providers Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has laid out plans for “frequent but shorter” inspections for good FE and skills… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Clegg repeats ‘cradle to college’ pledge but questions remain unanswered Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has repeated his pledge to protect education funding “from cradle to college” in his… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News BREAKING: SFA to allow funding ‘top-up’ for new Esol quals Concerns about delivery costs for new English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) qualifications have been addressed by a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Cable in ‘kill off FE’ claim at Lib Dem conference Business Secretary Vince Cable has claimed that government officials suggested “killing off FE” by cutting sector funding, it has… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Quest for EuroSkills glory under way for Team UK Hundreds of skilled young tradesmen and women from across Europe came together to compete in a range of skills… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Conservatives Conference: No new cash behind citizen service pledge Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan for guaranteed access to the National Citizen Service will not be backed up with… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 850 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
