News Vocational skills to get their own ‘unashamedly aspirational’ A-level A new ‘Tech-level’ qualification for vocational education was announced by the government today to sit alongside the A-level academic… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News ‘Biggest international skills event’ is under way Check out the video from yesterday’s events here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diq33DPW6AI&feature=youtu.be Thousands of competitors, experts, delegates, team leaders, organisers, and volunteers… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News College boss quits to lead Gazelle FE The chief executive of North Hertfordshire College, Fintan Donohue, is to step down to concentrate on his role as… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Apprentice starts for 16 to 18 keep falling The continual downward slide in the numbers of under-19s taking up apprenticeships is “substantial” and “worrying”, Junior Shadow Education… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News And they’re off…Team UK are bid farewell and good luck After months of grueling training, selection heats, pressure testing and tears of both sadness and joy; Team UK were… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Downing Street send-off for UK’s WorldSkills competitors Number 10 Downing Street got a visit from the cream of the UK’s vocational learners before they jetted off… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Team UK going for gold More than 200,000 contestants and supporters from across the world will descend on the East-Central German city of Leipzig… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Yorkshire students cleared of sex charges Three men have been cleared of sexually assaulting a Yorkshire college student. They were acquitted at Hull Crown Court… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Foundation appoints first board members The Education and Training Foundation has named its first board members. The seven men and women who will help… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News £400,000 pay-off to bosses angers union London college bosses have been accused of “double standards” amid claims that former senior managers got pay-offs totalling more… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News SFA parachutes £15m in to K College A struggling Kent college that is being broken up following a “failed merger” owes the Skills Funding Agency at… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News EFA ‘loses’ £20m to private providers Private training providers were overpaid around £20m last year by the Education Funding Agency (EFA), FE Week can exclusively… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y Newer 1 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 850 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo