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 News Sunderland College staff to strike over proposed pay cuts Staff at Sunderland College are striking over a row concerning their pay. The University and College Union (UCU) said… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted adds to criticism of A4e Staff at A4e are struggling to improve the way they deliver apprenticeships, according to a monitoring report published by… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Poor information on vocational courses given to students A third of pupils have never been presented with the option of taking up a vocational course, according to research… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Redundancies announced at the Association of Colleges The Association of Colleges (AoC) is making redundancies as part of a cost saving and “restructuring process”. The job losses… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA launches Community Learning Innovation Fund A new community learning fund has been launched today by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). The Community Learning Innovation… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News UKCES survey highlights ‘skills potholes’ in the UK More than two in five businesses operating in the UK do not provide training opportunities for their staff, according… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 831 Older Must read 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 7d Shane Chowen 7d 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
