News Ofsted plan post-16 grade for schools An extra grade focussing solely on post-16 provision in schools and academies could be introduced to inspection reports, Ofsted has… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New apprenticeship application figures reveal just one in ten under 19-year-olds are successful Junior Shadow Education Minister Tristram Hunt has called on the government to boost 16 to 18-year-old apprenticeship hopefuls after… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Elmfield boss quits over Ofsted’s inadequate grading The boss of Elmfield Training has quit after Ofsted inspectors gave the firm an inadequate rating having come across… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Report on college governance calls for diversity assessments A review of college governance by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has called for yearly diversity assessments…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE foundation considers priorities at first board meeting The new Education and Training Foundation laid out key priorities in its first board meeting on Monday. The organisation,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Union votes in favour of strike action at Lesoco A London college has been added to the ranks of those facing industrial action as staff up and down… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Team UK’s golden duo A bricklayer from Warrington and a cabinet maker from Chichester proved to be golden for the UK as they… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Local Enterprise Partnerships to get college co-operation sweeteners Business Secretary Vince Cable has named three local enterprise partnerships to pilot a sweetener scheme aimed at improving relationships… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News WorldSkills VIPs speak to FE Week As WorldSkills UK media partner, FE Week has been granted one-on-one time with some pretty heavyweight people in Leipzig… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Vocational skills to get their own ‘unashamedly aspirational’ A-level A new ‘Tech-level’ qualification for vocational education was announced by the government today to sit alongside the A-level academic… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News ‘Biggest international skills event’ is under way Check out the video from yesterday’s events here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diq33DPW6AI&feature=youtu.be Thousands of competitors, experts, delegates, team leaders, organisers, and volunteers… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News College boss quits to lead Gazelle FE The chief executive of North Hertfordshire College, Fintan Donohue, is to step down to concentrate on his role as… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 819 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo