News EXCLUSIVE: Ofsted FE and skills inspections face merger with schools and early years Ofsted’s FE and skills inspection regime could be scrapped as the watchdog looks at a huge merger shake-up including… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Trade union and business leaders issue joint agreement over traineeship pay and work experience as programme marks one-year anniversary Trade union and business leaders have today issued a joint agreement on traineeships over pay and work experience quality… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government Q&A on apprenticeship funding reform fails to ease concerns Concerns about proposed new apprenticeship funding models remain despite an update on reform plans from the Department for Business,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Free schools allowed to join ranks of the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association Free schools could be allowed to join the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) after its governing council voted in… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Pressure mounts for answers over Warwickshire College principal Mariane Cavalli’s departure A Midland college is under growing pressure to go public over the departure of its former principal after she unexpectedly… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News What can FE and skills expect of Nick Boles? With just over a fortnight gone since Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles became the new Skills Minister, the sector… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Mariane Cavalli to leave Warwickshire College next month after unexplained temporary absence Warwickshire College principal Mariane Cavalli will leave her post at the end of August, the college has announced. Her… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New sector leadership thinktank appoints chief executive A new sector leadership thinktank has appointed former National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) policy director Mark Ravenhall… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Tech bacc could help one in four, says Skills Minister Boles New Skills Minister Nick Boles said he hoped one in four young people would study for the government’s flagship… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Union questions move to keep ‘supportive’ Gazelle report out of public domain A decision to keep an allegedly positive report about the under-fire Gazelle Colleges Group under-wraps has been questioned by… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills body vows to bring down rejection rate for apprentice certificates A crackdown on rejected claims for apprenticeship certificates has been launched in a bid reduce the number of rejections… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Vocational education inquiry aims to explain reduction in apprenticeship starts, committee chair announces An education committee inquiry into vocational qualifications will look at the reduction of apprenticeships starts among 16 to 19-year-olds,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 17h Josh Mellor 17h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
