News National Careers Council calls for investment fund, better website and subsidies but covers old ground amid ‘insufficient careers progress’ A careers investment fund, an improved National Careers Service (NCS) website and free or subsidised access to advice are… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Councils failing to track learners’ status, Ofsted director to claim Councils are failing to track the status of learners in FE colleges and other training providers, a senior Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Improvement plan ‘not fit for purpose’ at grade four-rated Central Bedfordshire UTC Ofsted inspectors have branded the improvement action plan of an inadequate-rated university technical college (UTC) as “not fit for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Departmental collaboration and high-profile campaign needed to address adult literacy and numeracy issue, say MPs Greater co-operation across several government departments, a review of funding and a high profile national campaign were among a… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Sector responds to MPs’ adult numeracy and literacy report Key figures from across the FE and skills sector have been poring over the adult numeracy and literacy report by… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Sector bodies have their say on government plans Officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are currently sifting through the results of FE and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Could a learner have committed militant hacking? Police investigating the hacking of a college website which resulted in it “supporting” the militant group Islamic State (ISIS)… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News ‘Don’t spend Bursary Fund cash on FE free meals top-up’ — DfE Officials at the Department for Education (DfE) have told providers they can’t top up FE free meals allocations with… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News SFA’s £30.4m grant clears K College advances debt Debts at the defunct K College were cleared after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) dished out a £30.4m grant,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News No tracking of traineeship job outcomes The government has admitted it did not ask providers to keep a record of whether traineeships resulted in learners… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News DfE gives colleges school data access to remove young learners’ hurdle A major stumbling block holding up colleges looking to take on 14 and 15-year-old learners has been addressed by… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Leadership thinktank launches £50K future-gazing fellowships A new FE leadership thinktank set up by former Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) chair Dame Ruth Silver… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 850 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 7d Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 7d 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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
