News Meet the candidates for new NUS vice president for FE In around 24 hours the FE sector will have a new representative, when the National Union of Students chooses… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: Call for long-term AEB procurement pause after election delay A long-term pause on the first ever procurement process for adult education budget contracts has been called for –… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive A first step to loans justice for learners in the lurch Learners left with huge loan debts and no qualifications when their providers went bust have had their repayments deferred… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News DfE blasted for flip-flopping on GCSE maths and English resits The government has been blasted for flip-flopping on its review into GCSE maths and English resits. All 16 to… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive The minimum wage has gone up – but are apprentices getting paid? The minimum wage for apprentices changed on April 1 this year, soaring from a measly £3.40 per hour to… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Chief executive role for new IfA finally advertised This afternoon the Institute for Apprenticeships advertised for a chief executive. The IfA launched this month and is expected… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Ofsted watch: A bumper crop of ‘good’ grades It’s a bumper Ofsted watch this week, with a total of 15 full FE and skills inspection reports published… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Expansion plans with Saudi Colleges of Excellence revealed An English college will extend its involvement with the Saudi Arabian Colleges of Excellence programme, squashing rumours that the… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News RoATP provider now selling for tens of thousands A company with no apparent track record or trading history is being put up for sale because it managed… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Staff anger at cash-strapped college’s new carpark charge Staff and students at a Liverpool college facing “financial crisis” are fuming that they must now pay £600 per… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Institute for Apprenticeships announces route panel chairs and apprentice panel The Institute for Apprenticeships has appointed the chairs for 15 route panels, and a panel of apprentices to advise… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Exclusive Government secretly grading all colleges and training providers UPDATE: It has been brought to our attention that there were inaccuracies in the full PAT list previously published,… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 829 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
