Supporting Improvement 9/11/2012 Find out more News Fears over conflict of interest The qualifications watchdog is “developing its thinking” on whether providers of apprenticeships should also be awarding bodies after a… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Exclusive interview with BIS committee’s chair With the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report highlighting a number of apprenticeship issues, FE Week deputy editor… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Group chair appointed to steer FE Guild An independent chair has been appointed as proposals to create an FE Guild take shape. David Hughes, chief executive… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Teachers unskilled to provide careers advice The fifth annual Colleges Week has kicked off with the publication of a report that shows schoolteachers and parents… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Where have all the students gone? More than a million students could not be traced by researchers wanting to find out what happened to them… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Strength at the top is key to improvement concludes Ofsted Strong, effective leadership is one of the key features of success, suggests Ofsted’s How Colleges Improve report. Winning colleges… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Colleges undecided on ‘Trip Advisor’ website Providers are remaining on the fence about Ofted’s Trip Advisor-style Learner View website. The website, which cost £65,000 to… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Short shrift for new-look Ofsted reports Joy Mercer, AoC Jan Webber, ASCL Reports of inspections under… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Urgent reform to apprenticeships needed, says BIS Committee An 11-month government inquiry into apprenticeships has recommended a host of changes, including “closer scrutiny, careful monitoring or even… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Skills Funding Agency ‘assured’ over Elmfield Training payments to Morrisons A system of payments from the provider behind the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programme to the firm whose staff it… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Cash boost on out-of-favour qualifications Funding for a host of politically unpopular workplace qualifications is set to rise, with payments for one course rocketing… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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
