News New report calls on the government to make maths mandatory A review comissioned by the Conservative Party proposes that young people should be forced to study mathematics up to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News College principal to ride 1000 miles in 10 days with ‘Blind Dave’ The principal of South Birmingham College is helping a local blind man ride a tandem bicycle the length of… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Foundation Degree awarding powers granted to FE colleges for the first time Newcastle College Group and New College Durham are the first FE colleges to be granted Foundation Degree awarding powers… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Skills Funding Agency announce late and unexpected changes to learner fees The Skills Funding Agency has announced for the first time that non-tuition fee income (such as for registrations and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE principal appointed to UKCES Board The chief executive of Eastleigh College, Mr Tony Lau-Walker, is one of nine new members appointed to the UK… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Is there an apprentice in the House? Lord Sugar has one annually and now MP Robert Halfon is ready to do the same. Andy Huckle (20)… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News EMA replacement decisions slammed by the Education Select Committee The government’s new student support funding for 16-18 year olds has come far too late to allow 2011/12 students… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ESOL impact assessment fails to impress The government has today agreed a partial u-turn on ESOL cuts after an impact assessment ordered by FE and Skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News YPLA expresses ‘major concerns’ over government funding consultations On the 13th April 2011 the Department for Education (DfE) published two funding consultations presenting high level principles for… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News MP calls for bankers’ bonuses to provide Apprenticeships for jobless youngsters A Labour MP is urging the government to provide apprenticeships for jobless youngsters with small businesses – by using… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Cuts in FE to ‘hit women and black and ethnic minorities hardest’ Current and planned cuts in further education will hit women and black and ethnic minorities harder than most according to the Woman’s… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Funding agency fears over fraud The Skills Funding Agency has promised a crackdown on fraud and misuse of public money in the FE and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 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
