News Exclusive Skills Bill: DfE accused of ‘power-grab’ over colleges The much-heralded Skills Bill contains a Department for Education “power-grab” and will “fail to meet the scale of the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News £250m of apprenticeship funding went back to Treasury in 2020-21 Apprenticeship funding to the tune of £250 million was handed back to the Treasury in 2020-21, FE Week can… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Exclusive ‘Middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships confirmed by new analysis The apprenticeship reforms are increasingly disadvantaging people from low-income areas, new FE Week analysis has revealed. Since the new-style… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Right2Learn campaign to host inaugural conference tonight A new campaign that argues for a lifelong statutory right to fully funded learning for every adult is holding… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News International partnerships announced to boost post-pandemic skills recovery WorldSkills UK is signing up to a host of partnerships with overseas counterparts which will mean greater sharing of… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Reverse adult education clawback plans, says cross-party group of MPs A cross-party group of MPs has called on the education secretary to reverse his adult education budget clawback plans… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Meet WorldSkills UK’s new Skills Taskforce for Global Britain A team of education and business leaders have been assembled to drive the use of skills in “levelling up”… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Speed read: Skills and Post-16 Education Bill published The first draft of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill has officially been laid before parliament. It outlines the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Forced college mergers – and other Skills Bill revelations New powers are set to be handed to the education secretary to force college mergers, an impact assessment of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Keegan: DfE still worried about ‘middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships Fears that university-goers will choose to do apprenticeships instead and “squeeze out” those from disadvantaged backgrounds are still rife… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive The slow death of adult residential education? As Northern College fights for survival, FE Week asks – is the government overlooking a big opportunity to ‘level up’? … Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News DfE launches £83m fund to ‘future proof’ places for 16-19s A new £83 million fund has been launched to ensure colleges can accommodate an expected demographic increase in 16… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 832 Older Must read 16-19 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 5d Anviksha Patel 5d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
