News Association of Apprentices launches to support trainees and boost retention An Association of Apprentices has been launched in an effort to help boost the number of the work-based trainees… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Re-apply – again! Anger as ESFA tells providers to make fresh RoATP application Training providers were left “appalled” this week after the Education and Skills Funding Agency made the “ridiculous” decision that… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News International students: Why college income is in freefall With the income colleges make from international students plummeting, FE Week spoke with college and sector leaders to understand… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofsted parks new provider monitoring visits New provider monitoring visits have been delayed indefinitely by Ofsted. The inspectorate previously said it would restart the visits… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive AoC warns there is still ‘not enough detail’ for colleges to plan new level 3 adult offer The head of the Association of Colleges is “worried” there will be a slow start to the new flagship… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Covid-19 Covid-related death of college lecturer investigated The death of a college lecturer who died after contracting Covid-19 is being investigated by the government’s agency that… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Former FE lecturer turned MP appointed new Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network chair A Conservative MP who worked as a further education lecturer for 20 years has been appointed chair of the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News All apprenticeship providers told to reapply to RoATP yet again All providers on the government’s register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP) will need to reapply yet again over the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News NAW 2021 | FE White paper & the next phase of apprenticeship reform (recording) Yesterday afternoon a group of sector leaders and policymakers took part in an FE Week roundtable to mark National… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y News Shadow education secretary celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with ‘top class’ virtual tour Shadow education secretary Kate Green has made her first visit, virtually, to an independent training provider to celebrate National… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Skills reform Williamson ‘strongly encourages’ colleges to embrace lifetime skills guarantee level 3 offer The education secretary has urged colleges to embrace the new level 3 offer under the lifetime skills guarantee as… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Association of Colleges Beacon Award 2021 winners announced Eleven colleges that showcase “the best and most innovative practice” in the sector have been honoured at the Association… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
