News Guild to meet at Windsor Castle for ‘complex thinking time’ Twenty-nine “key people” from FE have been invited to eat, drink, sleep and “think” in secret at Windsor Castle… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News New chief executive at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers The incoming chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has told how apprenticeships will be at… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Governor backs defiant Taylor ‘It’s a comfort to be asked to stay on,’ says Coventry principal The chair of City College Coventry’s board… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Minister okays college merger The troubled merger of two colleges in the Midlands has been given the nod of approval by Skills Minister… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Provider’s ‘appalling’ pass rate Just 6,375 out of 13,420 adult retail apprentices succeeded England’s biggest apprenticeship provider has come under fire from the… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News New audit reviews cause ‘major concern’ A new audit system from the Skills Funding Agency has caused “major concern” within the FE sector. Accountability reviews… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Harlow tops the tables, again Harlow College has celebrated the highest general FE college qualification success rate in England for the second year running…. Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Lord Lingfield heads chartered status panel Further education bosses have welcomed the appointment of Lord Lingfield (pictured) as chair of the group that will give… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Exam papers to be marked in India A leading FE awarding body’s decision to send exam papers to India to be marked could hit standards, Unison’s… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News K College up for grabs after ‘failed merger’ Providers have been invited to open days to find out about taking on the business of a struggling college… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Skills Funding Agency wants a chair The post of Skills Funding Agency advisory board chair is up for grabs. The agency, which manages an annual… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Colleges’ troubled merger plan goes ahead Two Midland colleges are set to merge less than two months after Skills Minister Matthew Hancock told them to… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y Newer 1 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 22h Josh Mellor 22h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
