News Success rates change makes system ‘overly complex’ A college principal has hit out at proposed changes to the way the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) reports and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Top DfE civil servant makes IAG concession There remains “more to be done” to improve careers advice and guidance in England, the Department for Education’s most… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Schools cash ringfence ‘unsustainable’ warns AoC Department for Education (DfE) ringfencing of school funding has been labelled as “unsustainable” by the Association of Colleges (AoC)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Governors take driving seat with Data Dashboard Governors will have greater access to performance information on their institutions with Ofsted’s launch of an online dashboard expected… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Fewer than two applications for every traineeship vacancy Official figures showing fewer than two applications for each traineeship vacancy have sparked concern about a “general lack of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News EFA issues out-of-area rule Colleges seeking funding for learners based outside their usual catchment areas will have to give notice of eight weeks,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Specialist colleges leader tells of concerns over new SEN law The impact of a new law aimed at improving special needs provision in general FE and sixth form colleges… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dame Ruth in fine fettle for leadership role return Dame Ruth Silver is making her FE and skills return with a new sector leadership thinktank funded by money… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Who will certificate Bright? More awarding organisations distance themselves from troubled provider Two further awarding organisations have cut ties with Bright Assessing less… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC report predicts £4.6bn budget black hole at Department for Education The Department for Education (DfE) could face a financial black hole of more than £4bn by 2018/19, the Association… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship reforms must be tested, says AoC The Association of Colleges has called for government proposals for apprenticeship funding reform to be “carefully modelled and trialled”… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Disparities on gender, race and disability with equality ‘still missing’ from apprenticeships “As the popularity of apprenticeships increases, how can the sector ensure everyone has access to them?” That was the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 830 Older Must read 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 2d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
