News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: Josh attempts to repeat European success A welder from Norwich who has a family history in the trade is aiming to replicate his golden success… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Apprenticeships are “fragile” training, research shows Relying on employer involvement makes apprenticeships a “fragile” form of training, according to new research. A new study by… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: High praise from first skills minister to visit in eight years The skills and apprenticeships minister has pledged to bottle the “essence” of WorldSkills Abu Dhabi and “sprinkle it around… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News SPONSORED: What does the future hold for functional skills? Functional Skills are changing, and NCFE is ahead of the game. NCFE Functional Skills come with a fantastic range… Features Team 8y Features Team 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: BAE Systems apprentice aims for gold Team UK’s Shane Carpenter is hoping the 12 weeks he was allowed off work from Britain’s biggest defence manufacturer… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: Spectacular opening ceremony marks the start of competitions The best of British took centre stage with the world watching tonight as Abu Dhabi put on a spectacular… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News MPs consider investigating the state of FE loans The student loans system will come under parliamentary scrutiny – an investigation which may include FE. The Treasury select… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: General Assembly hands 2021 competition to China The WorldSkills General Assembly has today officially confirmed that Shanghai will host the 2021 competition. China was the only country… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week A sixth-form college has improved its Ofsted rating by one grade to ‘good’, in a mixed week for FE… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive DfE ‘watching it closely’ as management becomes England’s second most popular apprenticeship subject Management has soared in popularity to become the second most common apprenticeship framework, FE Week analysis can reveal. According… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ex-ITP boss on trial for alleged Sunderland College fraud The ex-chief executive of a training provider and her former colleagues are on trial for allegedly defrauding a college… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 FE Week asks: Neil Bentley on the vital role of WorldSkills As Team UK packed their belongings and headed to the sandy deserts of Abu Dhabi for WorldSkills 2017, FE Week’s… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 833 Older Must read 16-19 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
