News Get ‘faster and better’ at approving apprenticeship standards, skills minister tells IfA The skills minister has told the Institute for Apprenticeships to get “faster and better” at approving apprenticeship standards. Anne… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Hull College receives £54m bailout amid job strikes An impoverished college caught in a row over job cuts has received a £54 million bailout. The eye-watering sum… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Seven more days of strikes at Hull College Group Staff at the Hull College Group will walk out for seven days in June as part of an ongoing… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News UCU to ‘ballot members nationally’ over pay claim An autumn of discontent over college pay could be on the cards, after University and College Union members voted… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News ESFA reveal AEB funding rules with free courses for the low paid Detail on the government’s new adult education budget policy has been published, after FE Week revealed yesterday it would… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted praises Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd An early monitoring visit to Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd has produced mainly positive feedback, with only a few downsides to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive PeoplePlus in talks to buy Learndirect A publicly listed company is in talks to buy Learndirect Ltd, FE Week has learned. PeoplePlus Group Limited, which… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive AEB policy set to change with free courses for anyone earning less than £15,726.50 Tens of thousands of adults on low wages are set to benefit from a new rule which will see… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Another early monitoring report uncovers insufficient progress Another Ofsted early monitoring visit to an apprenticeship provider has resulted in a verdict of ‘insufficient progress’ in at… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Applications for maths centres of excellence open now FE providers are being asked to apply to become centres of excellence for “basic” maths – as part of… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News 72 apprenticeship frameworks with replacement standards to stay until 2020 There are 72 old-style apprenticeship frameworks with direct standard replacements, the government has confirmed – but they’re not going… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News DfE begins T-level tender process for single awarding organisations The controversial tender process for T-levels’ awarding organisations has been launched, and will begin with two “market engagement” events… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
