Work with colleges on learners’ ‘technical expertise’, Cable tells Hefce

The body responsible for funding higher education has been instructed by the government to work with FE colleges to...

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Labour loses vote on apprenticeship two-year minimum duration and level three start

Labour this afternoon lost a House of Commons vote on plans to scrap apprenticeships of less than two years’ duration...

WorldSkills UK Brazil job for sector funding boss Peter

The boss of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the Education Funding Agency has been handed the enviable task of representing...

Law change ‘could lead to HE in FE complaints rise’

Student complaints about FE colleges offering degrees could rise with a proposed new law putting them under the universities...

FE leaders criticise ‘disappointing’ and ‘disgraceful’ decision to deny FE funding ringfence

A decision by the Conservative Party not to pledge the same funding protection for FE as is afforded to schools has...

Learner needs top in functional skills revamp

Learner needs for “frequent retakes” need to be taken into account amid Ofqual-recommended improvements to Functional Skills, Federation of...

Don’t leave it more than two years between inspections

Having been handed a disastrous ‘inadequate’ Ofsted grading nearly six years after the last visit resulted in ‘outstanding’ plaudits...

A sector in freefall? English and maths take their toll

    The FE and skills sector is performing worse in Ofsted inspections this academic year than last year,...