News Colleges ordered to improve *Since publication of this story, the Department for Education has said that the figures indicating Kingston Maurward needed to… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Principals fear ‘lack of new talent’ Succession planning is a key leadership challenge with too few would-be college principals waiting in the wings, a new… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Bursary scheme announced for early years apprenticeships The government today announced a £2m apprenticeship bursary scheme for the early years profession. Learners aiming at a career… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE Guild renamed as a foundation The FE Guild is to be renamed the Education and Training Foundation, FE Week can reveal. The body, created… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News First specialist college grade one under new regime The first specialist college to achieve an outstanding grade under Ofsted’s tough new inspection regime has been announced. David… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Colleges’ pay offer withdrawn The Association of Colleges has withdrawn its offer of support for a pay increase after talks with unions failed… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Report points at skills system’s six ‘key problems’ Six “key problems” in the skills sector have been identified in a new Labour report called Talent Matters —… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE Guild announces new chief executive Sir Geoff Hall (pictured) has been named interim chief executive of the FE Guild. The former principal and chief… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Fall in unemployed adults learning The chief executive of NIACE has said some of the results of the 2012 Adult Participation in Learning Survey… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News The K College catalogue The provision, debts and estate of a troubled Kent college being split up and sold off in pieces have… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Commissioner specification ‘prejudices’ FE hopefuls College leaders hoping to play a part in the FE Commissioner hit squad have been put “at a disadvantage”… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Rethink call on traineeship rules The leader of a group representing 27 large colleges has called on the government to loosen rules on who… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 829 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