News ETF seeks to answer IfL membership concerns after transfer vote green light The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) said it was still working out the details of a move to take… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News High-achieving Midland apprentices honoured with House of Lords celebration Dozens of high-achieving apprentices from West Nottinghamshire College Group were handed awards at a House of Lords ceremony to celebrate… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News IfL council votes in favour of closing and takeover by ETF The Institute for Learning (IfL) is to close and will be taken over by the Education and Training Foundation… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Former Shadow Skills Minister Gordon Marsden calls for return of ‘concept behind’ fraud-plagued funding system The return of the “concept behind” a Labour government policy on funding adult skills abandoned in 2001 amid fraud… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Gazelle’s ‘supportive’ report from the ETF to remain private An allegedly “supportive” report by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) on Gazelle will not be made public with both… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Former IfL deputy chief makes last-ditch plea for body to stay ‘independent’ as members vote on ETF takeover plan A former deputy chief executive of the Institute for Learning (IfL) has made a last-ditch public plea to stop… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News UCU set to ask college staff to reject biggest pay offer in five years College staff across England will be urged to reject their biggest pay offer in five years when the University… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Lowestoft College’s ‘on leave’ principal to step down after critical report Lowestoft College principal Simon Summers (pictured) is to step down — just a fortnight after it was revealed he took… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Chair at inadequate-rated Stockport College tells board he is stepping down The chair of governors at Stockport College, which was hit with an inadequate Ofsted rating last year before being… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills Minister Nick Boles acknowledges ‘concerns’ that qualifications reform has gone too far Skills Minister Nick Boles said he was prepared to investigate whether qualifications reform had “gone too far” as he… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New Skills Minister Nick Boles admits to knowing ‘nothing’ about sector New Skills Minister Nick Boles admitted to knowing “nothing” about the sector during his first parliamentary appearance in the job,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Niace chief in gruelling father-and-son charity cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats — and a bit There are surely less gruelling ways of spending quality father-and-son time than a bike ride the length of Great… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 843 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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
