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 News Mayor candidate pledges London EMA Following the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance, Labour candidate Ken Livingstone pledges to restore London-wide £30-per-week allowance if… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Minister presents update on apprenticeship quality The skills minister John Hayes has told partliament that the review into short duration apprenticeships is due to be… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News New college classification cautiously welcomed Colleges will be coming to terms with their new found freedoms after being released from government control. The Office… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Subcontractors courted by SFA into direct relationship Subcontractors with a total allocation of more than £1 million are being offered a direct contract by the Skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Frank McLoughlin to head Commission on adult vocational learning Frank McLoughlin CBE, the principal of City and Islington College, will chair an independent Commission on adult education and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Review into short apprenticeship to conclude by April Reviews into short duration apprenticeships are due to be finalised by April, the Skills Minister John Hayes has revealed…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News New ‘enquiry panel’ to review poor apprenticeship providers A new ‘enquiry panel’ has been set up to manage poor quality apprenticeship providers. The panel will report directly… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News SFA to be investigated for alleged data ‘cover-up’ The government’s performance comparison site for further education is under heavy scrutiny after an investigation by FE Week into… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 854 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
