News Free school meal pay-outs leave colleges feeling short-changed Colleges claim they have been left short-changed after learning how much money they will receive to pay for the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Former BIS chief in governance warning The former head of skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) has warned that entrepreneurial… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Providers in dark about job status of learners More than half of providers are failing to meet targets for collecting data about the employment status of their… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Learner lie-ins as college trials 10am starts Fancy a 10am start at work? Most would, and that’s what learners at North East Surrey College of Technology… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Bright storm continues as Highfield hits back An awarding organisation has hit back at claims by Bright Assessing chief executive Krissy Charles-Jones about its qualifications. She… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New alliance aims to help colleges recruit better governors A new organisation has been launched today to encourage high-calibre and skilled people to join college governing bodies. The… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News LeSoCo principal Maxine Room to stand down The principal of LeSoCo in south east London is to stand down at the end of the academic year,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Governors get three-point college improvement plan College governors have been given a three-point improvement plan in a joint 157 Group and Ofsted report on good practice… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Employers call for apprenticeship control — but what did key FE players think? More than 30 employer bodies joined forces to call for greater control over apprenticeships just days after a technical… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Success rates change makes system ‘overly complex’ A college principal has hit out at proposed changes to the way the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) reports and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Top DfE civil servant makes IAG concession There remains “more to be done” to improve careers advice and guidance in England, the Department for Education’s most… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Schools cash ringfence ‘unsustainable’ warns AoC Department for Education (DfE) ringfencing of school funding has been labelled as “unsustainable” by the Association of Colleges (AoC)… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 14h Josh Mellor 14h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
