News FE Week and Me winner 2013 Hasan Chowhury’s winning photo I feel my photo represents college because it captured the learning moment. It reminds… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Charity gets £10k boost after night of music, food and fundraising auction More than £10,000 is heading to the Helena Kennedy Foundation after the third annual FE Week charity auction. Click… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Liverpool college revisit A college in North England branded inadequate by Ofsted just four years after it was deemed outstanding is struggling… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New SFA chief announced The new Skills Funding Agency chief executive has been announced. Former Salford City Council boss Barbara Spicer (pictured) has… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Hunt’s ‘Institutes of Technical Education’ plans Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt used his first speech in post to announce plans for Institutes of Technical Education…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Advice ‘scam’ warnings lead to firm closure A business that tried to charge young people £25 each to register for apprenticeships has apparently closed following pressure… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Careers advice prompt for Number 10 Prime Minister David Cameron has been ordered to “get a move on” to improve the careers advice given to… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Access cash ‘must’ go to traineeships The demise of access to apprenticeship (AtA) has led to a call for colleges to be allowed to use… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Think-tank calls for youth guarantees and levies Youth guarantees and youth levies figure among new proposals from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) aimed at… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Ofsted clash on work experience Further education leaders clashed with Ofsted over whether students needed work experience outside of their colleges. The exchange took… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Hancock to divert cash to employers Apprenticeships are to be funded through employers, Skills Minister Matthew Hancock announced at the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College staff plan December strike over pay Further education colleges in England are set to be hit by staff strikes over pay early next month. Members… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 850 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 1w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1w 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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