News It’s farewell to Marsden as Hunt rises to the top in Labour reshuffle Former Shadow Skills Minister Gordon Marsden (Pictured at FE Week HQ for a roundtable on FE loans) has paid… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Ofsted finds significant prison shortfalls Ofsted FE and skills director Matthew Coffey has delivered a damning verdict on prison education and training in England… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Minister attacks FE for allowing learners to ‘give up’ Further education leaders have lined up to defend the sector after Liberal Democrat Schools Minister David Laws claimed new… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News MP ‘desperately sad’ over numeracy and literacy failings Poor adult numeracy and literacy levels in England and Northern Ireland were the subject of a House of Commons… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Shortlisted college eyes-up K College degrees One of the eight organisations shortlisted to take over the troubled K College has told FE Week it is… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News SFA warned about its unpaid traineeship post The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has been warned about “exploiting” young people, after it advertised an unpaid traineeship vacancy… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Foundation announces first round of tenders The Education and Training Foundation has released its first invitations to tender under a new competitive bidding process. A… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Minister writes to new apprentices on pay Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has written a letter for every apprentice telling them what they should be earning —… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Byrne replaces Marsden as Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne has succeeded Gordon Marsden in the Labour Shadow Education team, taking on the role as Shadow Universities… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News From college classroom to Shadow FE Minister Bethnal Green and Bow MP Rushanara Ali has replaced Tristram Hunt as the FE and skills Labour Shadow Education… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills report warns of numeracy and literacy failings in England and Northern Ireland Numeracy and literacy levels among young people in England and Northern Ireland are falling way behind the rest of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News The FE sector congratulates Minister on expanded brief Matthew Hancock MP, now Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise has been congratulated on his expanded portfolio by… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 847 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
