News C&G Group buys apprenticeship agency in effort to corner nuclear industry The nation’s largest training provider to the UK civil nuclear industry has been bought out by the City &… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Colleges not on apprenticeships’ register still advertising vacancies High-profile colleges that failed to get onto the government’s new register of apprenticeship training providers the first time round… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Long-distance merger cleared despite council concerns A controversial long-distance merger has been signed off by college governors, despite grave concerns from a London borough council…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Costs in question after Labour apprentice pledge The financial implications of Labour’s pledge to cover apprentices’ travel costs have been called into question, after the Conservatives… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: Three colleges slide to grade three Three colleges dropped from Ofsted ‘good’ to ‘requires improvement’ this week, in a bad week for FE. The only… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Allocations shock: ESFA ‘mistake’ sees massive firms listed as small The allocations “horror show” has got even more alarming, after FE Week found the government has been wrongly categorising… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Draft Labour Party manifesto FE section in full A copy of the Draft Labour Party manifesto was leaked to FE Week yesterday. Here’s the section on further… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Campaign launched to protect vulnerable learners from Brexit cuts A campaign has been launched today to prevent huge Brexit-induced cuts to FE funding, which supports learners who “fall… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Breaking: AoC manifesto calls for employer levy funding restrictions The Association of Colleges’ manifesto has called for new levy funding restrictions on employers. The document was unveiled this… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Labour spells out plans to drive apprenticeships quality to FE Week Labour has exclusively spelled out its plans to drive up the quality of apprenticeships to FE Week. It comes… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Lib Dems commit to defending 16 to 19 funding A “real-terms” commitment to protect 16 to 19 FE funding per pupil has been announced by the Liberal Democrats…. Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Labour pledge to stop adult learner fees would mean scrapping FE loans A pledge to stop fees on courses for adult learners, which FE Week has learned would involve scrapping advanced… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 829 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
