News Plea for Ofsted to inspect school advice The government has been urged to “bite the bullet” and call Ofsted in to inspect careers guidance services after… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News AoC in India supplement preview: Colleges make New Delhi move A host of UK colleges are hoping a new initiative in India will allow them to capitalise on their… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Government acts on ‘conflict of interest’ The government has set up a Skills Funding Agency-led review to look into the issue of potential conflicts of… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Critics hit out at A-level reform plans FE groups across the sector have condemned education secretary Michael Gove’s proposal to overhaul A-levels. Mr Gove said from… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Call for education to ‘split’ at 14 Former education secretary and father of the national curriculum Lord Baker has called for a back-to-basics revamp of England’s… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Redefine apprenticeships, says thinktank Apprenticeships should be redefined as “intensive three-year training programmes” to help curb the 31 per cent A-levels drop-out rate,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Contract suspended after ‘missing data’ A troubled provider’s £4.5m contract with the Skills Funding Agency has been suspended after “errors and missing data” were… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Union blasts FE loans The NUS has branded FE loans a “dangerous policy” and raised a number of questions over the new system… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Careers advice ‘getting worse,’ warns government education committee The quality and quantity of young people’s career advice is not good enough and is getting worse, a government… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Government plans new team to exploit international education opportunities During a trip to India to promote vocational education the Skills Minister has announced that the government will establish… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News FE colleges’ passage to India A group of colleges is establishing a permanent team in New Delhi as part of an Association of Colleges… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Inspection ‘delight’ The principal of an FE provider said she led her centre to an outstanding Ofsted inspection result by focusing… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 829 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
