News Breaking: Labour manifesto plans for FE and skills unveiled Labour has unveiled its plans for the future of FE and skills in its official general election manifesto just… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Pay cut row at struggling north east college Staff are understood to be facing up to 10 per cent pay cuts at a north east college with… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Paul Offord 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y FE Week Reporter 9y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Paul Offord 9y Newer 1 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 833 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
