News Apprenticeship levy transfer policy explained The government has explained how employers which pay the apprenticeship levy will be able to transfer funds to other… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Every adult should get £10,000 for education and training, influential report claims Every adult should get £10,000 for a minimum of two years just to spend on education or training, so long… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Sector welcomes U-turn on qualifications in apprenticeships A major U-turn that should allow mandatory technical qualifications to be included in new apprenticeships had been widely welcomed… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted Watch: Delight for colleges but despair for community learning provider Two colleges rejoiced this week as they stepped up to grade two, but there was no cause for celebration… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofqual to audit awarding organisations amid concerns with provider relationships Ofqual will begin auditing awarding organisations’ on the “control” they have over their individual providers, after finding evidence it… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Pressure mounts on Student Loans Company over learner loan scandal The Student Loans Company is feeling the strain of an FE loans scandal that has left hundreds of learners… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Finalists for 2018 AAC Apprenticeship Awards announced After an overwhelming response to our call for nominations, the shortlist for the inaugural AAC Apprenticeship Awards has been… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Exclusive Adult education budget climbdown cost £16m The government has had to pump an extra £16 million into the adult education budget to appease a group… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Revealed: the 12 colleges surviving on government bailouts Twelve cash-strapped colleges received secret government bailouts totalling more than £11 million in December. It perhaps demonstrates a significant… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Stoke-on-Trent College received a half-million bailout Stoke-on-Trent College is almost £16 million in the red and received more than £500,000 in exceptional financial support in… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News T-Levels consultation: Here’s what the sector really thinks Tonight the T Level public consultation closes after running for 10 weeks and seeking answers to 45 questions. It sought… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive 200,000 FE staff are now trained in Prevent Over 200,000 people working in FE have completed training to help them understand their duty to prevent the radicalisation… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Newer 1 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo