News Tech group urges minister for online content quota All publicly-funded FE and skills courses should have a minimum of 10 per cent online content by 2015/16, a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sector pays warm tribute to FE champion Lord Bilston Tributes have flooded in for Labour life peer Lord Bilston (pictured) who launched the all-party parliamentary group for FE… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Talks set up in hope of avoiding sixth form college strikes Unions representing sixth form college teachers have agreed a series of talks with civil servants in a bid to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Outstanding college gets government warning over academy An academy backed by grade one-rated Walsall College has been warned by the government about “unacceptably low” standards. Schools… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Jobcentre Plus to help 16 and 17-year-olds, Deputy Prime Minister to announce Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is today expected to announce a raft of measures to help young people get… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Provider ordered to stop quals after malpractice probe A Warwickshire-based provider has been told it can no longer offer qualifications from a leading awarding organisation after it… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government reviews UK Commission for Employment and Skills A review of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills has been launched by the Department for Business, Innovation… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Survey reignites FE and skills teacher qualifications debate Six months after the government revoked regulations requiring that teachers at colleges and independent learning providers be qualified, FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College VAT victory brings hope of multi-million pound windfall Colleges could be in line for a multi-million pound VAT windfall with a tribunal judge having ruled against Her… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Fisher defends Barnfield as £1m funding claim passed to police Dame Jackie Fisher has defended new employer Barnfield Federation amid claims it got £1m of government funding for learners… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News McDonald’s education head gets bite at UK apprentice job The appointment of McDonald’s education chief Sue Husband as England’s new apprenticeships boss has been welcomed by FE sector… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted considers watching new FE teachers Newly-qualified teachers in FE colleges could have their lessons observed by Ofsted as part of its inspection of teacher… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 816 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
