News Changes to college high grade tables a ‘mystery’ Unexplained changes to college data tables on what classifies as a ‘high grade’ have baffled colleges, who have seen… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Government plan to introduce a ‘Chartered Community College Status’ Colleges and other training providers could be given the chance to gain “chartered” status as a mark of quality,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE Guild could become a new body responsible for professional standards The Government is poised to set up a new professional body for further education, a document leaked to FE… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Further delays for college success rate data Revised versions of the 2010/11 Education and Training National Success Rate Tables (NSRT) have been delayed until August, according… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News School leavers choose college over staying on at sixth form More 16 year-olds chose further education over staying on at a school sixth form in 2009/10, according to new… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Newcastle College cuts inspection short after ‘troubling incidents’ Inspectors were asked to leave Newcastle College after staff complained of “troubling incidents” during an inspection. Ofsted were assessing NCG… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Fifteen Community Learning Trusts approved for pilot scheme Fifteen Community Learning Trusts have been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme launching in August. The successful trusts… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News LSIS launches new support scheme for trainee teachers The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has unveiled a new scheme to support people training to be a teacher in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Squad UK announced for WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has today announced the young competitors that have won a place in Squad UK… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Recording students job outcomes should be “requirement” says Ofsted The inadequate focus of FE providers on the job outcomes of students was a critical talking point at Ofsted’s… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Hayes announces concessions on 24+ Advanced Learning Loans John Hayes, Minister of State for FE, Skills & Lifelong Learning, has today announced that the government will introduce… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News The EFA admit a DfE maths ‘error’ The Education Funding Agency (EFA) have confirmed that the Department for Education (DfE) published an ‘error’ in the new 16-19 formula. The EFA… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 834 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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
