News Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ news all round for FE It was ‘good’ news all round for FE this week as all inspected providers either maintained or improved their… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Management apprenticeships debate rages The Institute for Apprenticeships has defended the rise in management apprenticeships, amid stark warnings about the fate of those… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News AAC Apprenticeship Awards launched by FE Week and AELP FE Week and AELP are proud to announce the launch of the inaugural AAC Apprenticeship Awards, which will be… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Third of employers unaware of off-the-job rule The government should make sure employers are aware of the 20-per-cent off the job training rule, sector figures have… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News National Union of Students launches campaign to tackle ‘problem’ of poor FE transport The National Union of Students is campaigning for free or subsidised travel for FE learners to tackle the “huge… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News ‘Postponed’ non-levy tender results imminent The results of the second attempted tender for funding apprenticeships with small employers (non-levy) are expected imminently, FE Week… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News CITB retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating The Construction Industry Training Board has held onto its ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted, in a report due to be… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Revealed: 3 million apprenticeship target slipping away The government’s commitment to three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 is increasingly out of reach, exclusive FE Week analysis… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates continue to fall, says Ofsted Learndirect’s apprenticeship achievement rates have continued to fall, Ofsted has found in its first monitoring visit to the provider… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Baker clause: Schools obliged to let FE providers talk to pupils from January The Baker clause, which forces schools to open their doors to FE providers to let them advertise their services… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Budget 2017: Inflation-busting apprentice minimum wage rise The national minimum wage for apprentices will rise again in April, from £3.50 to £3.70 per hour, the chancellor… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Budget 2017: £8.5m to explore new maths resit approaches The government has set aside £8.5 million to pilot “innovative approaches” to improving its controversial GCSE maths resit policy…. Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 805 Older Must read Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2d Billy Camden 2d Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 1w Anviksha Patel 1w Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo