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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive Exclusive: Election delay for results of first adult education budget procurement The announcement of results of the first ever procurement process for the adult education budget has been delayed until… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 836 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
