News FE loans equality impact assessment delayed The final impact assessment and equality impact assessment for the proposed FE loans system has been delayed by the… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Gazelle group report says colleges need a “complete transformation” Gazelle group members with Richard Branson at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2012 Further education (FE) colleges needs a “complete… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News College is ‘outstanding’ after no-notice inspection The first further education college to be graded under a no-notice inspection has been graded ‘outstanding’. As revealed on Friday… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News A4e included in preferred prison education bidder list The preferred bidders for prison education contracts have been revealed by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). The list has been… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News BIS Select Committee to hear evidence from the CEO of Elmfield Training Ltd Elmfield Training Ltd has been called upon by the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee to give evidence… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Sale of NSA due to be finalised Conference and event organiser Neil Stewart Associates (NSA) has been sold within three days of going into administration. Andrew… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Landslide leadership victory at the UCU for Sally Hunt The general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) is pledging to put more resources at the frontline… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Accounting for apprenticeship durations NAS confirm that 12 month minimum duration will apply to each level of the apprenticeship Apprenticeship providers should not… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Colleges secure more than half of degree student places More than half of ‘margin’ student places – with tuition fees of less than £7,500 – have been handed… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News UKCES publish tender documents for Employer Ownership of Skills pilot The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has released the application forms and guidance document for the Employer… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News UCU head Sally Hunt speaks to FE Week after landslide re-election The general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) is pledging to put more resources on the frontline… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Funding future faces further formulation Implementation of a new streamlined and simplified funding system for adult skills that had already been delayed until 2013/14… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 829 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 Next 3 stories 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 Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo