News Female leaders need to ‘stand up and be counted,’ says WLN chair The chair of the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) has told how women at the top of colleges should “stand up… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Commissioner’s college visits hit double figures as plans for annual report are revealed Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured) has taken his tally of college reviews to 10, and will outline… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills Funding Agency releases long-awaited online learning aim search engine The Skills Funding Agency has produced its long-awaited and overdue online Learning Aims Reference System (Lars). It is an… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Number of Neets falls — but England still behind European neighbours, warns thinktank The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) fell in the first three months of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Seven-year wait for new FE and skills professional teaching standards is over New guidelines for FE and skills teachers, lecturers and trainers have been issued by the Education and Training Foundation…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Commissioner ruling on grade four college leads to 150 jobs at risk A Greater Manchester college could be forced to make up to 150 redundancies after it was ordered to balance… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News UCU rejects 0.7 per cent offer as pay talks continue Pay talks between college staff and leaders are to continue after a 0.7 per cent pay rise was rejected… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Learndirect could get £100m flotation Learndirect could be in line for a £100m flotation, it has been reported. According to Education Investor magazine, the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News NUS chief executive Ben Kernighan resigns less than one year in post National Union of Students (NUS) chief executive Ben Kernighan has resigned after less than a year in the role,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Bright Assessing loses third and final appeal stage after ‘malpractice’ was found Awarding organisation NCFE (formerly the Northern Council for Further Education) has detailed evidence of alleged malpractice at Bright Assessing… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Government announces traineeships in future could take less than three weeks The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed to FE Week that the traineeship minimum duration rule… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Careers guidance and financial support top ATL election manifesto priorities Good careers guidance, financial support for learners progressing to FE and an end to colleges being run for profit… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 845 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
