News Adult Skills Budget in line for 19 per cent funding cut The government’s Adult Skills Budget is facing a cut of 19 per cent by 2016, the long-awaited Skills Funding… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News WorldSkills competitions open as learners fight for spot on plane to Abu Dhabi Apprentices and learners are being urged to put their skills to the test and fight for a spot on… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills Funding Agency chief defends shock qualifications cull Skills Funding Agency chief executive Barbara Spicer has spoken out to defend a shock public funding cut for adult… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Sixth form college strikes put back a month National sixth form college strikes planned for next week have been put back a month. Members of the National… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Looking at inspections from the ‘other side of the fence’ It’s one thing being inspected by Ofsted — and feeling aggrieved by the process or outcome — but it’s… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News No FE question time on Question Time Further education figures were left disappointed by a lack of sector talk as Skills Minister Matthew Hancock and Professor… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Jobcentres steer teens away from traineeships Jobcentre Plus (JCP) advisers have been told not to direct 18 and 19-year-olds to the government’s flagship traineeship scheme… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Still no end in sight to SFA software nightmare There remains no end in sight to the problems faced by providers trying to use new funding software to… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Boss speaks out over payments ‘dispute’ The managing director of a London-based independent learning provider has defended his firm after details of an alleged subcontractor… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Gove attacked over excellent ‘extra-curricular’ claims Funding for “expensive and untested” free schools should be used to improve extra-curricular activities at existing institutions, Sixth Form… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Principal ‘devastated’ by girl’s nursery death The principal of a Yorkshire college said she had been “devastated” by the death of a three-year-old girl who… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Euro funding could be better spent locally — DWP official European funding for tackling youth unemployment could have been better spent at local level, a Department for Work and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 850 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
