FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Is there a device crisis in FE? Is device use seriously negatively affecting student learning? How can devices be used well? And what is the situation… Jess Staufenberg 3y The FE Week Podcast 3y Apprenticeships Deadline to claim apprenticeship cash incentives extended by 5 days The change has been made in response to employer complaints that the deadline was on a weekend Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Sponsored post Sponsored British Army seeks ITPs to support their apprenticeship programme – contracting launch An upcoming event will cover how ITPs can tender for these support contracts FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Politics How the education select committee looks now The parliamentary education committee has welcomed five new members in the past year after several MPs stood down or… Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Training Providers Boss of England’s largest apprenticeship provider steps down He has led the firm for 10 years Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills reform Long read Local skills improvement plans: What the trailblazer reports look like Spanning over 500 pages in total, the “trailblazer” local skills improvement plans – a key plank of the government’s… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships SMEs frustrated as DfE refusal to reset non-levy cap halts apprenticeship starts Employers reveal they are being forced to cancel recruitment plans and turn apprentices away Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Climate Change DfE climate change strategy: New FE teachers will be required to build sustainability into their teaching Existing college staff will however not be required to include sustainability into their teaching Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Pearson BTEC and MOBIE help learners meet the sustainability challenge in construction In this digital age, our learners are getting to grips with the new technologies driving the future of Net… Pearson Btec 3y Pearson Btec 3y News NUS is ‘systemically anti-Semitic’, and 3 other things Zahawi said at education committee The education secretary gave evidence to MPs this morning Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education DfE to spend over £100m on digital platform for Multiply maths scheme It will be designed to assess skill levels and provide online tutoring Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills reform First local skills improvement plans published The plans are a key FE reform as outlined in the skills for jobs white paper Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 812 Older Must read 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
