News ‘Excellent’ grade dismissed FE bosses have urged Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw to be cautious about creating an “excellent” Ofsted grade… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Hancock calls for merger review Two colleges in the Midlands have been told by FE minister Matthew Hancock to go back to the drawing… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Free lunches still off the menu The government has been accused of inconsistency over a campaign to extend free lunches to students in sixth-form and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Esol funding ‘safe’ The Skills Funding Agency wants to allay fears that a new payment regime could reduce funding for adult language… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Focus on job skills not league tables’ Government plans to introduce new post-16 performance tables for level three vocational qualifications have come under fire from the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News National Apprenticeship Week Photography Competition If you provide apprenticeships then encourage your learners to take a photograph that represents their apprenticeship and be in… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Q&A with Ofsted’s Sir Michael Wilshaw Sir Michael Wilshaw (pictured left), Ofsted’s chief inspector, tells FE Week of his experiences looking at Germany’s apprenticeship system… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Online vacancies and applications soar The boss of the National Apprenticeship Service said that more consumers and employers “are recognising the benefits of apprenticeships”…. Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y The FE Week National Apprenticeship Week 2013 supplement 6/03/2013 Find out more News Provider told ‘no chance’ of growth request A training provider in the Midlands slashed its growth request by 75 per cent after local staff at the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Minister holds FE technology roundtable Technology that can revolutionise FE learning was on the agenda at the first of a series of roundtable meetings… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Guild consultation ends The FE Guild project leader has described responses to a consultation on the proposed organisation as “positive and constructive”…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 833 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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
