News CBI survey shows college leavers lack literacy and numeracy skills Too many people leaving school and college do not have the literacy and numeracy skills to thrive in the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Green light for another 15 UTCs A further 15 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are to be funded by the government and rolled out over the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Colleges ‘fixing’ the success rate figures. Where will it end? An overwhelming majority of staff working in FE colleges have concerns with the credibility of success rate data. A… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Massive’ error in the National Success Rates Tables The National Success Rate Tables (NSRT) for 2010/11 will need to be republished after significant errors were identified. More… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Stafford College and Franklin College consider Ofsted appeals Two colleges in the FE sector are considering appeals after receiving ‘inadequate’ or ‘satisfactory’ inspection grades from Ofsted. Stafford… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Flaws highlighted in the Apprenticeship Training Agency model The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has questioned the way learners are employed by Apprenticeship Training Agencies… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Geoff Hall receives knighthood The chair of the information authority was knighted at Buckingham Palace last week. Geoff Hall – principal of New… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Kim Thorneywork new SFA chief executive Kim Thorneywork is the new interim chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). Geoff Russell, the current chief… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Stafford College receives “inadequate” Ofsted grade Stafford College has been rated “inadequate” in a recent Ofsted inspection. The college, which received a grade 2 in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Franklin College receives “inadequate” Ofsted grade Franklin College has been judged as “inadequate” by Ofsted under new pilot inspection guidelines. The sixth form college in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA interim chief executive to be revealed later today The new interim chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be announced later today. The Department for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Cheated’ colleges’ secret audit A report commissioned by a secret group of FE colleges has accused other institutions of manipulating data in order… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 830 Older Must read 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 6h Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 6h 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo