News The Guardian reports on ‘striking rise’ of adult apprenticeships The dramatic increase in apprentices aged above 25, reported by FE Week back in June, has been picked up by… FE Week Reporter 15y FE Week Reporter 15y News Artsmark programme to expand into FE colleges The Artsmark award will be opened up to include Further Education instutions in September. The programme, set up by… FE Week Reporter 15y FE Week Reporter 15y News FE Week to cycle with Birmingham principal and ‘Blind Dave’ FE Week will be cycling hard next Tuesday in order to welcome back South Birmingham College Principal Mike Hopkins… FE Week Reporter 15y FE Week Reporter 15y News Government careers advisory group slams reduction in services for young people An advisory group set up by government to manage the new National Careers Service has publically denounced the reduction… FE Week Reporter 15y FE Week Reporter 15y News HE consultation welcomed cautiously by Association of Colleges A technical consultation paper from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is proposing that FE colleges have… FE Week Reporter 15y FE Week Reporter 15y News Government u-turn on college fee remission policy The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published a press release this week which says that within current budgets,… FE Week Reporter 15y FE Week Reporter 15y News Peter Jones enterprise academy to launch in the West Midlands BBC Dragon Peter Jones has increased his interest in further education by launching his first academy in the West… FE Week Reporter 15y FE Week Reporter 15y 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 15y FE Week Reporter 15y 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 15y FE Week Reporter 15y 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 15y FE Week Reporter 15y 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 15y FE Week Reporter 15y 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 15y FE Week Reporter 15y Newer 1 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 Older Must read 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 4d Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 4d 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
