News Skills Minister Matthew Hancock greeted by protest at Question Time college A controversial funding rate cut for 18-year-olds was the subject of a lively protest and crunch talks when Skills… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Heseltine tells fellow Lords of doubts over EU powers to curb youth unemployment Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has expressed doubts over the ability of the European Union (EU) to help solve the… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Coffey issues warning to government on college and Lep relationship The man in charge of England’s college inspections has called for “oversight” of the relationship between colleges and local… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Dame Jackie Fisher returns to FE front line at under fire Barnfield Federation Under fire Barnfield Federation has announced that Dame Jackie Fisher (pictured) is to become its new interim chief executive…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News More than 30 expert advisers announced at the Education and Training Foundation The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has unveiled the make-up of three expert panels with the announcement of more… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New MPs’ investigation into adult literacy and numeracy under way Adult literacy and numeracy levels in England came under the spotlight of select committee MPs for the first time this… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News An in-depth look at the Skills Funding Statement as 19 pc ASB cut attacked Plans to cut almost a fifth of the Adult Skills Budget have been savaged by organisations across the FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News UCU rules out FE college strikes – for now The University and Colleges Union has ruled out further strike action in FE colleges in the near future, despite… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Adult Skills Budget in line for 19 per cent funding cut The government’s Adult Skills Budget is facing a cut of 19 per cent by 2016, the long-awaited Skills Funding… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News WorldSkills competitions open as learners fight for spot on plane to Abu Dhabi Apprentices and learners are being urged to put their skills to the test and fight for a spot on… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills Funding Agency chief defends shock qualifications cull Skills Funding Agency chief executive Barbara Spicer has spoken out to defend a shock public funding cut for adult… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Sixth form college strikes put back a month National sixth form college strikes planned for next week have been put back a month. Members of the National… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 831 Older Must read 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 6d Shane Chowen 6d 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
