News Restrict access to degree apprenticeship funding for adults, says shadow skills minister Degree apprenticeships should only be fully-funded for people aged under 25, those without a first degree and in sectors… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News City & Guilds reports 17.8m UK workers have outdated skills A third of UK workers have not received any workplace training in the last five years, according to a… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Lack of levy funding for small employers debated in Parliament A chair of a leading small business lobbying organisation has thrown cold water on hopes of a boost for… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Over 1,200 to attend Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2020 Anticipation is building ahead of the sixth Annual Apprenticeship Conference, which is now set to feature the first public… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: 10 providers achieve ‘good’ results Ten FE providers were awarded grade twos from Ofsted in a good week for the sector. However, the college… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Apprenticeship subcontracts halved since 2017 levy launch Apprenticeship subcontracting has more than halved since the introduction of the levy in April 2017, new FE Week analysis… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive DfE U-turns on loans write-off for learners The government has agreed to write off the loans for another group of learners left with no qualifications after… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Ofsted struck fee deal to end legal challenge Ofsted struck a deal to pay their own legal fees in return for the college for HS2 dropping their… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive SFC to be first to remove Catholic status A sixth-form college in Blackburn is set to be the first of its kind to remove its Catholic status,… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Apprenticeship providers struggling to adapt to new Ofsted framework? Last September Ofsted began inspecting apprenticeship providers using their new framework. Out went the Common Inspection Framework (CIF), in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Apprenticeships quango adviser quits after breaking advertising rules An adviser to the government’s apprenticeship quango has quit after FE Week found he had set up an assessment… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Game over for level 2 business admin apprenticeship Hopes for a level 2 business administration standard were shattered today after the new boss of the government’s apprenticeship… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 854 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
