News SFA lifts blanket ban on new Elmfield learners after minister orders Ofsted revisit The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has lifted its blanket ban on new learners at Elmfield Training after an early… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New FE faces for Labour The new Labour FE faces are Liam Byrne, who takes Gordon Marsden’s place, and Rushanara Ali, who takes Tristram… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News It’s farewell to Marsden as Hunt rises to the top in Labour reshuffle Former Shadow Skills Minister Gordon Marsden (Pictured at FE Week HQ for a roundtable on FE loans) has paid… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Ofsted finds significant prison shortfalls Ofsted FE and skills director Matthew Coffey has delivered a damning verdict on prison education and training in England… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Minister attacks FE for allowing learners to ‘give up’ Further education leaders have lined up to defend the sector after Liberal Democrat Schools Minister David Laws claimed new… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News MP ‘desperately sad’ over numeracy and literacy failings Poor adult numeracy and literacy levels in England and Northern Ireland were the subject of a House of Commons… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Shortlisted college eyes-up K College degrees One of the eight organisations shortlisted to take over the troubled K College has told FE Week it is… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News SFA warned about its unpaid traineeship post The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has been warned about “exploiting” young people, after it advertised an unpaid traineeship vacancy… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Foundation announces first round of tenders The Education and Training Foundation has released its first invitations to tender under a new competitive bidding process. A… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Minister writes to new apprentices on pay Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has written a letter for every apprentice telling them what they should be earning —… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Byrne replaces Marsden as Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne has succeeded Gordon Marsden in the Labour Shadow Education team, taking on the role as Shadow Universities… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News From college classroom to Shadow FE Minister Bethnal Green and Bow MP Rushanara Ali has replaced Tristram Hunt as the FE and skills Labour Shadow Education… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 829 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo