News New FE professionalism body launched The FE sector’s new professionalism and standards organisation, the Education and Training Foundation, launched today. The body, funded by… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New principal hopes for turnaround at ‘inadequate’ City College Coventry A new principal has been appointed at City College Coventry just months after its disastrous inspection report. Former City of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News SFA to pay up to £900 per work placement The Skills Funding Agency has announced rates from £500 to £900 for work placements in the government’s new traineeship… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE Commissioner selection ongoing The new FE Commissioner is yet to be appointed despite interviews by officials from the Department for Business, Innovation… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Skills call on LEPs accepted by government The government has accepted a recommendation that skills should be a core priority for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPS). The… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Ten colleges with half billion pound total income join forces Ten colleges in the North West have joined forces to form a joint venture company boasting a combined income… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Education Funding Agency to publish 16 to 18 payments The Education Funding Agency is to start publishing information on the value of providers’ 16 to 18 delivery, FE… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News EFA name first seven colleges allowed to recruit full time 14 and 15-year-olds Seven colleges will be taking up the opportunity, for the first time, to directly enrol full-time 14 and 15 year… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Apprenticeships reforms ‘precisely what’s needed’ Proposals to reform the apprenticeship funding system have been welcomed by former Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard, nine months… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government says sorry to college A Dorset college that was wrongly labelled as under-performing in official statistics has won an apology. Kingston Maurward College,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Household names get SFA budget cuts Government funding budgets for training at major UK firms has been slashed, new figures have shown. Firms such as… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Minister ‘behind’ action over inadequate provider Moves to tackle poor provision by Elmfield were ordered personally by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock before its inadequate grading… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 835 Older Must read 16-19 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
