News Chancellor Osborne buries hopes of college VAT refund Hopes of a VAT refund for colleges look to have finally ended with Education Secretary Michael Gove admitting his… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Nothing like a damehood for Asha West Nottinghamshire College principal Asha Khemka (pictured) tops the FE and skills sector’s representation on the New Year Honours… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE Week most read news in 2013 FE Week is a printed newspaper and every edition (along with supplements) is sent to subscribers. If you do… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Tributes to late union leader and college lecturer John McCormack Warm tributes have been paid to University and College Union (UCU) vice president John McCormack, who died on Friday… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Loans company awaiting orders to stop processing ‘dropped’ 24+ apprenticeship applications The Student Loans Company is continuing to process FE loans for apprenticeships while it awaits government orders that the… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Delay hopes raised on ‘painful’ funding cut for 18-year-olds’ education A “painful” funding cut to 18-year-olds’ full-time education that drew cross-FE sector opposition could be delayed. Education Secretary Michael Gove… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Business Secretary Vince Cable confirms ‘dropping’ of apprenticeship FE loans Business Secretary Vince Cable has exclusively confirmed to FE Week that the government is “dropping” the troubled 24+ advanced… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government reveals first round of ‘practical A-levels’ with 142 Tech-levels The first tranche of business-backed Tech-levels to be counted in new-look 16 to 19 performance tables has been announced…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News First FE Commissioner job results in administered status for K College after Ofsted inadequate grade Troubled K College has been put into administered status after becoming the first college to come under scrutiny from… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Optimism in Ofsted report comes with warning of providers not meeting local economy needs Local employer needs are not being met by the FE and skills sector, according to this year’s Ofsted annual… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Ofsted annual report Q&A with Matthew Coffey The Ofsted director of FE and skills spoke with FE Week deputy editor at the launch of the education… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Cut to 18-year-old funding rate branded ‘dangerous’ Providers stand to have a huge hole blown in their finances after the government announced it would slash the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 831 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
