News Apprenticeship starts nosedive 18 percent in November The number of apprenticeship starts in England crashed by nearly 20 percent in November, according to government figures published… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News ESFA demands final off-the-job hour data to ‘support the work of audit’ A new field is set to be introduced to individual learner records (ILR) to support government audits of apprenticeship… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Sixth form college in spat with UTC over ‘inaccurate’ data claims A row erupted between a university technical college and a sixth form college yesterday over “inaccurate” achievement rate claims…. Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair Robert Halfon has been re-elected unopposed as the chair of the Parliamentary education committee. The Conservative MP’s re-election was… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College with ‘failed’ Grenfell-style cladding starts moving students out A college has begun moving classes and residents out of their tower block as they prepare for a multi-million… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News SFA lost 1,000 staff in just six years The Skills Funding Agency shed over 1,000 staff when responsible for apprenticeship providers and college financial oversight, before being… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News AoC board set for shake-up to bring in outside experts A major reorganisation of the board at the Association of Colleges (AoC) will see many of the principals replaced… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: ‘Outstanding’ week for sixth form college A sixth form college was lauded as ‘outstanding’ in a mixed week for FE, which saw one private provider… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Chair follows principal and quits at college with shock £6m deficit A former deputy FE commissioner has been drafted into a college that is currently investigating an unexpected £6 million… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Parents demand ‘inadequate’ Sheffield film school be reopened Parents are lobbying the government to restart funding for an arts and media provider that trained mostly high-needs learners…. Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive T-level cold-spots could prove to be a major DfE headache An FE Week investigation into T-level cold-spots has found six out of eight college principals in Lincolnshire appear to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive A fifth of colleges go more than 12 months without publishing minutes One in five colleges have not published board minutes in over a year, an FE Week investigation has found…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 830 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 5d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5d 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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
