News LSIS launches new support scheme for trainee teachers The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has unveiled a new scheme to support people training to be a teacher in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Squad UK announced for WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has today announced the young competitors that have won a place in Squad UK… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Recording students job outcomes should be “requirement” says Ofsted The inadequate focus of FE providers on the job outcomes of students was a critical talking point at Ofsted’s… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Hayes announces concessions on 24+ Advanced Learning Loans John Hayes, Minister of State for FE, Skills & Lifelong Learning, has today announced that the government will introduce… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News The EFA admit a DfE maths ‘error’ The Education Funding Agency (EFA) have confirmed that the Department for Education (DfE) published an ‘error’ in the new 16-19 formula. The EFA… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted slams FE for failing to address the unemployment problem Matching students with a course that will lead to employment is “not a high enough priority” for FE providers,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Eastleigh College rated “outstanding” by Ofsted Eastleigh College has been awarded the highest inspection grade possible by Ofsted. Inspectors said the college was “outstanding” in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE Week celebrates its first birthday! We asked a few FE heroes what they thought of our first year… The further education and skills sector… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Final interview with retiring SFA CEO What has been your greatest achievement at the SFA? “The biggest thrill for me and the greatest intellectual high… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Traineeships to be piloted The deputy prime minister has revealed plans for a new pre-apprenticeship scheme that he called “traineeships”. Nick Clegg, speaking… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Exam reform would stop ‘race to the bottom’, say MPs A radical shake-up of the qualifications system for 15 to 19-year-olds in England has been proposed by an influential… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Providers’ management fees to be audited Lead providers who subcontract will need to provide a report next year that proves they are not taking too… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 819 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo