News Ofsted annual report Q&A with Matthew Coffey The Ofsted director of FE and skills spoke with FE Week deputy editor at the launch of the education… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Cut to 18-year-old funding rate branded ‘dangerous’ Providers stand to have a huge hole blown in their finances after the government announced it would slash the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Progress update for the ETF at the end of 2013 The Education and Training Foundation will be celebrating its first Christmas in the coming weeks. Rebecca Cooney looks back… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Agency probe looms over troubled college The Skills Funding Agency is poised to investigate as it awaits the results of a Newham College investigation into… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Ex-international footballer barred over apprenticeship claims A former Welsh international footballer is one of four men to have been disqualified from being company directors after… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Awarding organisations withdraw from group membership body Six of the country’s biggest awarding bodies have withdrawn from the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB). City & Guilds,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Four more accused in new A4e Aspire to Inspire fraud allegations Four more people have been charged over fraud allegations at welfare-to-work provider A4e. It brings the total number of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Learners’ own jobs could get study programme funding Learners’ part-time paid jobs could be publicly-funded as part of the new study programmes for 16 to 19-year-olds, FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprenticeship ‘loans in line for chop’ The troubled 24+ advanced learning loans system for apprenticeships could be axed after just 404 people applied for funding… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Optimism in Ofsted report comes with warning of providers not meeting local economy needs Local employer needs are not being met by the FE and skills sector, according to this year’s Ofsted annual… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Funding cut in pipeline for full-time 18-year-olds as Spending Review bites The Education Funding Agency has announced plans to save £150m by paying 17.5 per cent less for the full-time… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Employers failing the Ofsted challenge — are they fit to take over skills agenda? The move towards greater employer involvement in FE and skills is gaining momentum. But with employer providers having come… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 850 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
