Apprenticeships

Government criticised for axing public sector apprenticeship target

Officials accused of ‘throwing in the towel’ after confirming the move today

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

FE Week asks the skills minister: are apprentices paid enough? 

‘It’s better than it looks on paper’, says Alex Burghart

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Sunak’s ‘new austerity’: Spring statement offers no new money for education

The chancellor offered no extra funding for education in the spring statement, despite spiralling costs, bills and inflation.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Marine specialist takes aim at Ofsted after grade 4 report

‘The Ofsted report will mean that the Thames Marine Academy will no longer be able to offer these much…

Will Nott
Will Nott
Colleges

College pauses ‘stop and search’ security checks after student protests

‘We want to sit down calmly with students to get to the bottom of what it is that we…

Will Nott
Will Nott
Apprenticeships

Treasury plays down apprenticeship levy review

Employer and skills bodies want clarity over ‘bizarre’ backtrack

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


News

Eton: ‘Elite’ sixth form plans impossible without our £1m top-up

Prestigious private school declares current funding levels are inadequate for its lofty ambitions

Will Nott
Will Nott
Ofsted

Cambridge sixth form still ‘outstanding’ in first Ofsted inspection since 2006 

‘It’s wonderful to see the hard work of our staff and students recognised in this way’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Spring statement: Chancellor will review apprenticeship levy

The government will review the apprenticeship levy to check it incentivises investment “in the right kind of training” according…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
AAC2022, Apprenticeships

Revealed: AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2022 winners

From a record number of entries, the countries best apprenticeship training providers and employers have been unveiled at the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

College students stage mass walk out over ‘stop and search’ knife crime security checks

Students who spoke to FE Week said they feel “violated” by the security measures

Will Nott
Will Nott
Sponsored post

New Challenges need New Skills

COP26 is receding in the rear-view mirror. Two weeks of high-level talks between world leaders has resulted in statements…

Pearson
Pearson

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill