News Coventry principal to leave after Ofsted inadequate The principal of City College Coventry, labelled inadequate by Ofsted, is to leave as soon an interim replacement can be… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Adult college ‘changes lives’ Working Men’s College, a specialist designated institution in North London, is celebrating an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade. Rebecca Cooney reports … FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News NAS investigates apprentices’ hours The National Apprenticeship Service is investigating claims that apprentices are regularly working “over and above their contracted hours”. UnionLearn,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New website misses national providers A newly-launched apprenticeship website aimed at employers could be leaving out national providers, it has been claimed. A mandatory… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Principal questions local merger Two Midland colleges planning to merge have been accused of “ignoring” guidance from Skills Minister Matthew Hancock. Stourbridge and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News SFA ‘moves goalposts’ for small contracts The future of the Skills Funding Agency’s minimum contract level policy has been called into question after it emerged… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Traineeships launched, but only for some The 11-month wait for a government outline of traineeships is over — but “disappointment” has been expressed about who… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Guild to meet at Windsor Castle for ‘complex thinking time’ Twenty-nine “key people” from FE have been invited to eat, drink, sleep and “think” in secret at Windsor Castle… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New chief executive at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers The incoming chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has told how apprenticeships will be at… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Governor backs defiant Taylor ‘It’s a comfort to be asked to stay on,’ says Coventry principal The chair of City College Coventry’s board… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Minister okays college merger The troubled merger of two colleges in the Midlands has been given the nod of approval by Skills Minister… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Provider’s ‘appalling’ pass rate Just 6,375 out of 13,420 adult retail apprentices succeeded England’s biggest apprenticeship provider has come under fire from the… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y Newer 1 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 831 Older Must read 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 7d Shane Chowen 7d 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo