News Thousands competing in AoC Sport National Championships 2017 Up to 2,000 elite college sporting stars will travel to Nottingham in April to compete in the AoC Sport… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Sign Language qualifications accepted as English functional skills alternative for apprenticeships British Sign Language qualifications will be accepted instead of English functional skills for apprenticeships, in a move to encourage… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Institute for Apprenticeships consultation launched This morning the government launched their long awaited Institute for Apprenticeships consultation. With a January 31 deadline, you have less… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News FE principals neglected again as New Year’s honours list praises only a handful FE college principals have again fared poorly in the Queen’s honours list, with only three being recognised for their… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News FE figures honoured by the Queen in her 2017 list The work of the chief executive officer of adult learning provider City Lit has been recognised in this year’s… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Top 10 FE Week online news stories in 2016 FE Week continues to bring you all the important news, analysis and comment, pressing the government on key unanswered… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News 2016 in FE Week cartoons – vote for your favourite This year brought a wealth of interesting developments for FE Week to cover – from a new government to… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News FE Week supplement review 2016 Over the course of this year FE Week produced a whopping 172 pages of content across 10 supplements covering… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Scotland to spend less than half their levy funding on apprenticeships The Scottish government has announced that its use of the apprenticeships levy will be more flexible than in England,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Marsden ‘very disappointed’ as assurances on IfA announcements fail to deliver Delays to the release of key details about the Institute for Apprenticeships are “very disappointing” evidence of a “haphazard”… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News EFA announces no change to 16-18 funding rates The Education Funding Agency has announced that the national base funding rates of £4,000 per full time student aged… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted criticises ‘financial mismanagement’ at college preparing to join with university Governors have been criticised for being slow to recognise “financial mismanagement” at Lambeth College, in new report unveiled by… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 807 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 2d Jessica Hill 2d 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
