News Universities Minister wants more higher education courses at colleges Universities Minister David Willetts wants FE colleges to offer more higher education courses. He has given the Higher Education… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News College staff and students lobby Parliament over FE funding cuts College staff were joined by students as they conducted a mass lobby of Parliament over the future of FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Pilot scheme for FE English GCSE teaching enhancement course to start in mid-April A pilot scheme will soon be launched for a training course preparing FE lecturers for a massive expansion in… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Former deputy Lorna Fitzjohn to replace Coffey in Ofsted FE lead role Ofsted’s former deputy director of further education and skills has been given the director’s role after Matthew Coffey was… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Mixed reaction to new requirement for learner outcome data in individual learner records Sector leaders gave a mixed welcome to new requirements for providers to collect data on what happens to learners… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hancock unveils 77 new tech levels Skills minister Matthew Hancock used a speech to a jobs and skills forum in London to announce 77 new… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y 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 Newer 1 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 854 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 18h Josh Mellor 18h 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
