News Revealed: Government appoints two new board members at apprenticeships quango Two new members have been appointed to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s (IfATE) board. John Cope and… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Apprentices to be given functional skills reprieve after being ‘stuck in limbo’ A flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment before their functional skills exam is set to be… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Government mass survey of employers finds training fallen to lowest level since 2011 The proportion of staff being trained has dropped to its lowest level since 2011, according to the government’s latest… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Skills minister ‘hopeful’ free level 3 quals will be revealed next month The skills minister has said she is “hopeful” the list of free, first, full level 3 qualifications being funded… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News £100m pilot integrated into £2.5bn National Skills Fund The government’s national retraining scheme pilot has been rolled into the national skills fund, Gillian Keegan announced today. In… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Confirmed: Most GCSE and A-level exams pushed back three weeks Students will still sit one GCSE English and one GCSE maths exam before the summer half term next year,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Covid-19 forecasting app for colleges launched A new app that forecasts the spread of Covid-19 in colleges has been launched. Developed by the University of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Queen’s Birthday Honours: Who received what in FE? A former college principal who championed further education and skills as a member of Parliament has been knighted in… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Colleges set to repeat foodbank partnership A college group is planning on providing festive relief to families in need this Christmas by bringing back its… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE publishes 8 college intervention reports on a Friday after lengthy delay The Department for Education has this morning published eight intervention reports based on FE Commissioner visits that in some… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News Labour Party calls out ‘pitiful’ underinvestment in college estates Labour has castigated the Conservatives for their “pitiful” investment in college estates, after a minister revealed that the average… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Covid blamed as targets revised at flagship Institutes of Technology Covid is being blamed for recruitment concerns at the government’s new flagship Institutes of Technology (IoT), FE Week can… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 830 Older Must read 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 6d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 6d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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
