Familiar Findings, Clearer Signals in DfE’s Common Findings Report
The publication of Common findings from funding assurance work on post-16 education providers: 2024 to 2025 assurance year provides a useful snapshot of the compliance...
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More than 65,000 FE teachers and trainers use IfL’s REfLECT to record CPD
As the 31 August 2009 deadline approaches for teachers and trainers in further education and skills to declare their continuing professional development (CPD) for the…
FE News catches up with Healthy FE Steering Group Chair Michele Sutton
Michele Sutton is principal of Bradford College and Chair of the Healthy Further Education (Healthy FE) Steering Group. The Programme was set up in 2008…
FE sector hits back at A-level criticism
A record 26.7 per cent of A-level entrants have been awarded A grades today, adding pressure on university places. Universities have seen a rise of…
Putting young people first to invest in our future, by LSC chairman Chris Banks
It is that time of year again when young people all over the country wait in anticipation to receive exam results. They wait to hear…
Putting young people first to invest in our future, by LSC chairman Chris Banks
It is that time of year again when young people all over the country wait in anticipation to receive exam results. They wait to hear…
£1m fund gets laid-off construction apprentices back onto placements
A one million pound fund has been cleared to help construction companies take on apprentices who have lost their placements because of the recession. ConstructionSkills,…
Mark Leach on reasonable adjustments – ‘that old chestnut with a twist’
When the EAT recently ruled against Fareham College for failing to make reasonable adjustments when dismissing an ill or disabled person, it echoed the courts’…
Edexcel director of qualifications and accreditation: ‘Recovery plan must be evaluated’
‘Building Britain’s Future’ is a slogan that the Government has been running with for much of this year. It was used to headline the Budget…