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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 13y Nick Linford 13y 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 13y Nick Linford 13y 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 News New audit reviews cause ‘major concern’ A new audit system from the Skills Funding Agency has caused “major concern” within the FE sector. Accountability reviews… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Harlow tops the tables, again Harlow College has celebrated the highest general FE college qualification success rate in England for the second year running…. Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Lord Lingfield heads chartered status panel Further education bosses have welcomed the appointment of Lord Lingfield (pictured) as chair of the group that will give… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y Newer 1 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 832 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 2d Anviksha Patel 2d 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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
