News Exclusive ESFA seeks legal advice in face of unpublished Ofsted reports The Education and Skills Funding Agency is taking legal advice on whether it can intervene at new providers before… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Government to take ownership of colleges The government is working on a plan to bring colleges in England back into public ownership, FE Week understands…. Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News DfE relaxes traineeship rules The Department for Education has relaxed its requirement for students on traineeship programmes to record 100 hours of work… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Speed read: Highlights from our webinar with Toby Perkins FE Week was joined by Labour’s shadow minister for apprenticeships and lifelong learning Toby Perkins on Monday for our… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Low Pay Commission calls on government to better protect apprentices The government has been urged to take action against recurrent “very high levels” of illegally low apprentice wages. The… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA delays full rollout of digital apprenticeship system to April 2021 The full transition onto the digital apprenticeship system has been delayed by four months, the Education and Skills Funding… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Controversial closure plans to go ahead for college campus A cash-strapped college group has confirmed it will close one of its rural campuses this summer in the face… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Back to the drawing board for apprenticeship funding rate reform The government’s apprenticeships quango has announced it will launch a second funding rate consultation – days before the deadline… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Adult education AEB funding rules published in draft – but without threatened subcontracting limits Draft rules for funding the adult education budget in 2020/21 have not included any changes to subcontracting despite the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted releases reports for inspections pre-Covid – but only the positive ones Ofsted has begun publishing FE and skills inspection reports again. Four new reports, based on pre-coronavirus visits, appeared on… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Free recording: Latest FE sector response and requirements to coronavirus FE Week was joined by Labour’s new shadow apprenticeships minister Toby Perkins yesterday for our latest webinar on the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA reveals calculations for the furloughed apprentice wage top-up The Education and Skills Funding Agency has finally confirmed that the national minimum wage requirement for a furloughed apprentice… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y Newer 1 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo