News New ofsted regime returns good news The first general FE college inspection carried out under a new common inspection framework (CIF) has returned a good… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Future of LSIS in doubt as FE Guild role emerges The future of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) is in doubt with plans for its role to… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Supporting Improvement 9/11/2012 Find out more News Fears over conflict of interest The qualifications watchdog is “developing its thinking” on whether providers of apprenticeships should also be awarding bodies after a… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Exclusive interview with BIS committee’s chair With the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report highlighting a number of apprenticeship issues, FE Week deputy editor… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Group chair appointed to steer FE Guild An independent chair has been appointed as proposals to create an FE Guild take shape. David Hughes, chief executive… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Teachers unskilled to provide careers advice The fifth annual Colleges Week has kicked off with the publication of a report that shows schoolteachers and parents… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Where have all the students gone? More than a million students could not be traced by researchers wanting to find out what happened to them… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Strength at the top is key to improvement concludes Ofsted Strong, effective leadership is one of the key features of success, suggests Ofsted’s How Colleges Improve report. Winning colleges… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Colleges undecided on ‘Trip Advisor’ website Providers are remaining on the fence about Ofted’s Trip Advisor-style Learner View website. The website, which cost £65,000 to… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Short shrift for new-look Ofsted reports Joy Mercer, AoC Jan Webber, ASCL Reports of inspections under… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Urgent reform to apprenticeships needed, says BIS Committee An 11-month government inquiry into apprenticeships has recommended a host of changes, including “closer scrutiny, careful monitoring or even… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 835 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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