News Kirklees College “overjoyed” by good Ofsted report A principal has taken a Yorkshire college from an “inadequate” to a “good” Ofsted grading after downsizing staff and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Camping courier apprenticeships get short shrift The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has been continuing to advertise adult apprenticeships of less than a year, months after… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Landmark decision on under-16s Colleges will be able to directly recruit full-time 14 to 16-year-olds for the first time from the start of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Job losses as LSIS faces closure As many as 162 people face losing their jobs after the government’s confirmation that the Learning and Skills Improvement… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Year-end ILR data deadline shifts The deadline for Individual Learner Records (ILR) returns could be brought forward by three weeks in 2013 to the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News LEPs get go-ahead to grant charter status The government has given Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) “sign-off” on granting colleges and training providers chartered status. Skills Minister… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Success rate report errors continue The government’s Data Service has today, Thursday 13 December, published inaccurate Qualification Success Rate (QSR) reports for the second… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News One in four adults ‘struggles’ with maths One in four adults has the maths skills of a nine-year-old or worse and struggles with the most basic… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News LSIS funding to cease as chair plans legacy strategy The government has confirmed the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will stop receiving funding from August 2013. The news… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Exclusive: Colleges given green light to recruit full-time 14 and 15 year olds FE Week can exclusively reveal that the Minister for Skills (above) has written to two members of the 14-16 College… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE welcomes £270m cash injection The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, which announced £270m of new capital money for FE, has been celebrated as a “big… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Richard Review angers AELP A review of apprenticeships that called for workplace tax breaks has been angrily rejected by the Association of Employment… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 841 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
