News UCU and AoC continue pay talks A pay deal for college staff is yet to be agreed for the next academic year. The University and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Grade four LeSoCo gets new Ofsted blow A large London college has been criticised in a follow-up report on its inadequate Oftsed rating. LeSoCo, a 17,000-learner… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Free meal guidelines issued by Education Funding Agency Colleges will get £2.41 for every free meal served to a disadvantaged learner under a new system coming into… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Accounting most popular for FE loans Qualifications in accounting and youth work have proved the most popular for students taking out 24+ advanced learner loans,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hancock hits back over FE funding cuts Skills Minister Matthew Hancock (pictured above) has hit back at criticism of government cuts, claiming it was “misleading” to say… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprentice funding plans rejected in consultation The full results of the government’s apprenticeship funding consultation last year have been released for the first time —… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Indy wins college plan go ahead An Essex-based independent learning provider is one step closer to opening the first new FE college in 20 years… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Sharp rise in degree starts at FE colleges, HEFCE report shows The number of students starting degree courses at further education colleges in England has risen by almost 60 per… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Schools to be forced to tell learners about FE and skills options Schools will be forced to tell learners about vocational study and apprenticeship options by law after the government published… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Former chair Hughes calls for equality and diversity action at ETF Former Education and Training Foundation (ETF) chair and board member David Hughes has called for more to be done… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News NUS’s first FE president Toni Pearce wins second term Toni Pearce, the first president of the National Union 0f Students (NUS) from a further education background, has been… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Exclusive: Agency clears Elmfield Training of falsely claiming for learners on Morrisons apprentice scheme in a two page report following a six month investigation A Skills Funding Agency (SFA) investigation has ruled that defunct training provider Elmfield did not receive funding it was… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 835 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
