News New report calls on the government to make maths mandatory A review comissioned by the Conservative Party proposes that young people should be forced to study mathematics up to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News College principal to ride 1000 miles in 10 days with ‘Blind Dave’ The principal of South Birmingham College is helping a local blind man ride a tandem bicycle the length of… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Foundation Degree awarding powers granted to FE colleges for the first time Newcastle College Group and New College Durham are the first FE colleges to be granted Foundation Degree awarding powers… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Skills Funding Agency announce late and unexpected changes to learner fees The Skills Funding Agency has announced for the first time that non-tuition fee income (such as for registrations and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE principal appointed to UKCES Board The chief executive of Eastleigh College, Mr Tony Lau-Walker, is one of nine new members appointed to the UK… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Is there an apprentice in the House? Lord Sugar has one annually and now MP Robert Halfon is ready to do the same. Andy Huckle (20)… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News EMA replacement decisions slammed by the Education Select Committee The government’s new student support funding for 16-18 year olds has come far too late to allow 2011/12 students… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ESOL impact assessment fails to impress The government has today agreed a partial u-turn on ESOL cuts after an impact assessment ordered by FE and Skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News YPLA expresses ‘major concerns’ over government funding consultations On the 13th April 2011 the Department for Education (DfE) published two funding consultations presenting high level principles for… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News MP calls for bankers’ bonuses to provide Apprenticeships for jobless youngsters A Labour MP is urging the government to provide apprenticeships for jobless youngsters with small businesses – by using… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Cuts in FE to ‘hit women and black and ethnic minorities hardest’ Current and planned cuts in further education will hit women and black and ethnic minorities harder than most according to the Woman’s… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Funding agency fears over fraud The Skills Funding Agency has promised a crackdown on fraud and misuse of public money in the FE and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 Older Must read Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 6d Shane Chowen 6d Ofsted Ofsted report cards could double number of graded areas for FE 5-point scale to be introduced in a model that unions claim is ‘worse than single-word judgments’, while chief inspector… Billy Camden 1w Billy Camden 1w Ofsted Long read Ofsted report cards for FE: What you need to know Watchdog sets out plan for new grading scale and areas that will be judged Anviksha Patel 1w Anviksha Patel 1w Next 3 stories Long read Investigation Esports in colleges: is rapid growth in provision fair game for criticism? More than 100 FE colleges in England now offer esports courses, but homegrown job vacancies in the industry are… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w Ofsted Exclusive Report cards ‘rushed and botched’, Ofsted whistleblowers claim Watchdog insiders say planned consultation is a ‘sham’ and reforms have been ‘cobbled together at ridiculous speed’ Freddie Whittaker 2w Freddie Whittaker 2w AEB, Devolution Exclusive Mayors better at spending adult skills cash Devolved AEB underspend figures revealed for first time Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w