News NHS defends apprenticeship brokerage fees The NHS has defended controversial new plans to charge a brokerage fee to training providers that win levy-funded apprenticeship… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News ‘Mandatory training’ for untested apprenticeship providers on register New providers with little or no track record will have to undergo “mandatory training” before they can deliver apprenticeships,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: England alone with end-point assessment-only apprenticeships Research by leading FE academics has shown England is the only one, out of eight countries reported on because… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Delegates flood to Birmingham for FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeships Conference FE Week’s third Annual Apprenticeships Conference was off to a flying start this morning, after a warm welcome from… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News #SaveOurAdultEducation: Senior peer tries to protect future learners over loan debts A senior peer who has thrown his support behind FE Week’s campaign to #SaveOurAdultEducation, has tabled an amendment to… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: Non-levy allocations no longer ruled out for unsuccessful colleges Non-levy allocations will no longer be ruled out for the dozens of colleges that weren’t listed on the new… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Making sense of the 20% off-the-job apprenticeship funding rule One of the most important apprenticeship funding rules from May is the requirement that every apprentice “spends at least 20… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive Minister wrongly claims there are no grade four providers on new apprenticeships register The written response from apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon to an open letter, complaining about the Register of Apprenticeship Training… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Unsuccessful applicants can reapply for apprenticeships register… but deadline is tight Providers that feel aggrieved because they did not make it onto the new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers will… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Damning Ofsted report that caused downfall of huge provider published The damning Ofsted report that caused the downfall of huge apprenticeship training provider First4Skills has now been published. The… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News SFA apprenticeship funding rules strengthened to deter employer kick-backs The apprenticeship funding rules, which come into force from May, have now been updated by the SFA to deter employer kick-backs…. Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News More than half of apprenticeship standards still have no assessor Too many uncertainties in the new apprenticeship system is fuelling the acute lack of assessment organisations for new standards,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Newer 1 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 808 Older Must read 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
