News Apprentice chief forces home cash message on funding reforms A high-ranking government official has reinforced Skills Minister Matthew Hancock’s assertion that only cold, hard cash would count as… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Gove seeks college help after latest UTC blow Education Secretary Gove asks Bedford College to save UTC All Ofsted UTC results inadequate or requires improvement ‘Too early… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bright pulls out of provider market Bright Assessing chief executive Krissy Charles-Jones (pictured) has said the firm was “no longer a training provider” after all… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hancock issues traineeship pledge after rule omission Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has revealed that he would “take steps” to stop any provider delivering traineeships in less… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College picket lines head into second week Strike-hit Lambeth College was expected to be heading into week two of industrial action with staff having walked out… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner details fail to stop ATL questions Questions remain over the role of the FE Commissioner despite the government having published a detailed outline of the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Teen recruitment change from EFA Changes to direct recruitment of 14 to 16-year-olds will not make it easier for colleges to qualify, the Education… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Warning over college leader business links College leaders have been warned to “think carefully” about their outside-of-work consultancy posts after it emerged contracts from a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Byrne quizzed on ‘pregnant panda question’ Labour’s stance on government apprenticeship reforms in which employers will take a greater role in drawing up frameworks and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges sent back to drawing board after ‘aggressive’ renaming Plans for a college name-change that a local MP branded “an aggressive act” towards nearby competitor colleges have been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lambeth College’s ‘indefinite strike’ heads into day four Teachers and lecturers at Lambeth College are preparing for a fourth day of industrial action as part of their… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship target in Queen’s Speech draws ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ warning on reforms The government has been warned about “to-ing and fro-ing” on apprenticeships policy after a Queen’s Speech today in which… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 831 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