News Critics hit out at A-level reform plans FE groups across the sector have condemned education secretary Michael Gove’s proposal to overhaul A-levels. Mr Gove said from… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Call for education to ‘split’ at 14 Former education secretary and father of the national curriculum Lord Baker has called for a back-to-basics revamp of England’s… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Redefine apprenticeships, says thinktank Apprenticeships should be redefined as “intensive three-year training programmes” to help curb the 31 per cent A-levels drop-out rate,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Contract suspended after ‘missing data’ A troubled provider’s £4.5m contract with the Skills Funding Agency has been suspended after “errors and missing data” were… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Union blasts FE loans The NUS has branded FE loans a “dangerous policy” and raised a number of questions over the new system… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Careers advice ‘getting worse,’ warns government education committee The quality and quantity of young people’s career advice is not good enough and is getting worse, a government… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Government plans new team to exploit international education opportunities During a trip to India to promote vocational education the Skills Minister has announced that the government will establish… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News FE colleges’ passage to India A group of colleges is establishing a permanent team in New Delhi as part of an Association of Colleges… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Inspection ‘delight’ The principal of an FE provider said she led her centre to an outstanding Ofsted inspection result by focusing… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Providers ‘anxious’ over growth cash Training providers said they could be left thousands of pounds “out-of-pocket” after the government unexpectedly doubled functional skills rates…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Clawback ‘possible’ on £91m overpayment Providers who shared in a £91m Skills Funding Agency overpayment could yet be asked to hand back some of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Union strike threat over new dismissals A bitter dispute over the sacking of lecturers at a Midlands college looks set to worsen. The University and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 852 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 3w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
