News Exclusive Scrap funding rule that stops providers from transferring their unspent levy, says UEL A university has called for the scrapping of an apprenticeship funding rule that stops them from using unspent levy… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Revealed: The 10 colleges in third wave of strike action over pay UPDATE: The strike at New College Swindon has been called off after the union and the college agreed on… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive DfE paid £1m to settle Hadlow Group’s legal case The Department for Education forked out £1 million to settle a legal dispute at a college group under investigation and already relying… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News FE Week takes on charity cycle challenge with South and City College Birmingham FE Week’s editor Nick Linford and publisher Shane Mann will be joining a team from South and City College… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive Investigation: How West Nottinghamshire College is fighting for survival West Nottinghamshire College entered the public eye last year when it ran into financial difficulties that led to government… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Baker U-turns by telling all UTCs they could survive by joining multi-academy trusts University Technical Colleges are being pressured to join multi-academy trusts after the programme’s architect Lord Baker U-turned on previous… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted slams civil service apprentices scheme for inappropriate management courses A provider that trains civil servants has been slammed by Ofsted for putting science graduates on apprenticeships that are… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Boss of charity behind the UTC programme to step down The chief executive of the organisation that is behind the troubled university technical colleges programme is stepping down. Charles… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Government to fund free sanitary products in colleges The government will fund free sanitary products for all students in colleges and secondary schools from September. Chancellor Philip… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: Apprenticeship employer fees to be halved from April 1 – no joke The 10-per-cent fee that small businesses must pay when they take on apprentices will be halved from April 1,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Damning Ofsted visit finds provider not knowing who its apprentices are A training provider has been heavily criticised for not knowing accurately enough who their apprentices are, in an Ofsted… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Apprenticeship framework certification boss steps down with immediate effect The managing director of the Federation of Industry Sector Skills and Standards (FISSS) has stepped down with immediate effect,… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y Newer 1 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 830 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 2d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2d 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