News New organisation given control of WorldSkills UK and the Skills Show Control over WorldSkills UK and the Skills Show has been pulled together under a single organisation. Find a Future,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News £100m classroom satellite thermostat plan a “waste of money” NB – this article was originally published as an April Fools story. Plans to spend £100m installing satellite-linked thermostats… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Lambeth College staff to strike over hours and pay Staff at Lambeth College will go on strike tomorrow (Tuesday) over proposed changes to pay and conditions, the University… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Bright puts up to 20 members of staff on ‘gardening leave’ Troubled provider Bright Assessing has allegedly put several members of its staff on “gardening leave”. FE Week has seen… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News What has happened to 14 to 19 vocational education? Three years ago this month, the Wolf Report on the future of vocational education for 14 to 19-year-olds was… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Traineeship figures ‘deeply disappointing’ Figures showing that an average of just 127 people started on the government’s new youth unemployment traineeship scheme every… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Indies could face FoI ‘requirements’ Independent learning providers could become subject to Freedom of Information (FoI) Act “requirements” under government proposals. Firms that “carry… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College to close former Pearson in Practice centres West Nottinghamshire College has announced plans to shut almost half of the training centres it bought under last year’s… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Agency wants online delivery data Providers will have to say how much of their courses are delivered online in their individualised learner record (ILR)… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Lingfield reveals FE institute plans Chartered status for FE providers is just months away, the chair of the new Institution for Further Education has… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government in childcare qualifications ‘neglect’ Concerns have been expressed after a “key aspect” of recommendations on the future of childcare qualifications was “neglected” by… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News More strikes threatened Further strike action at sixth form colleges could be on the cards after a walkout by staff on Thursday… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 835 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
