News Apprenticeship starts rise despite fall in vacancies Apprenticeship starts published by the DfE this morning show a slight increase, when comparing provisional figures for the first… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News SFA forced to delay publication of 2015/16 achievement rates as “technical issues” ongoing Qualifications achievement rates data for 2015/16 will not appear in tomorrow’s FE statistical first release because of “technical issues”,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News National Apprenticeship Awards 2016: Meet the winners After an amazing evening at the stellar National Apprenticeship Awards 2016 ceremony last week (January 20), FE Week caught… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Breaking: Industrial strategy green paper explains plan for Institutes of Technology ‘in all areas’ The government’s new industrial strategy green paper has fleshed out what it expects from a “prestigious” new network of Institutes… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Digital Apprenticeship Service will go live in February The new Digital Apprenticeship Service is ploughing ahead, and all levy-paying employers will be able to register next month…. Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Industrial Strategy will put FE in spotlight with £170m to create Institutes of Technology The Industrial Strategy Green Paper will be published tomorrow, with post-16 technical education taking centre stage. A statement by the… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News College forced to stop recruiting apprentices A college hit with an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating won’t appeal against the resulting ban from running apprenticeships, but says… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Priestley Sixth Form College leading race to academise The first sixth form college set to convert to academy status has announced it aims to make the change… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Winners from the National Apprenticeship Awards 2016 announced Britain celebrated the best of its vocational education on Friday night, when the country’s top three apprentices and its six best… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Are career colleges working two and a half years on? Apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon has paid his first visit to a career college, attending London South East Colleges’ Hospitality,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted watch: Two grade crash to inadequate for independent training providers Two of the three independent training provider full inspection reports published this week have resulted in a two grade… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofqual to discuss conflict-of-interest concerns with NSAFD organisation Ofqual will hold talks with an awarding organisation owned by the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink, over… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 813 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
