News Gove could do BETTer for FE The shadow minister has hit out at the disregarding of further education in the overhaul of the ICT curriculum…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News One principal, two colleges Two further education colleges have joined in a unique federation to cut costs under the leadership of one principal…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Hundreds of Zenos apprenticeships ‘delayed’ Hundreds of people have been affected by the postponement of an apprenticeship programme led by a major provider. Zenos,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week Investigates: Further education leaders honoured A former college principal has spoken exclusively to FE Week of his shock after being chosen to receive a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship review targets 45 providers More than 40 colleges and training providers are being investigated as part of the review into short duration apprenticeships…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Cash boost for work experience Colleges in areas with high proportions of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) have been given… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Eight sentenced – including six jailed – over £500,000 college fraud Eight fraudsters have been sentenced, including six jailed, for conning colleges out of more than half-a-million-pounds. The sentences, handed… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Arise Sir Geoffrey Hall Geoff Hall, former Principal of New College Nottingham and contributor to FE Week, is one of just 27 people… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week investigates: The National Extension College is ‘reborn’ Little more than a month ago, thousands of students faced uncertainty after the owners of a distance-learning institution plunged… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Enhanced Renewal Grants given to 46 further education colleges Forty six colleges will receive Enhanced Renewal Grants, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced. The additional funding, worth… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeships special edition The first pilot edition of FE Week in June 2011 (see picture) ran an exclusive story about 12 week… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News De Vere strikes deal with NAS to introduce ‘short’ Access to Apprenticeships An organisation whose apprenticeship programmes were placed under review has launched a new delivery model. The De Vere Academy… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 831 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