News SFA and EFA merger will clear way for Lauener to retire The Education and Skills Funding Agencies are preparing for an imminent merger that will clear the way for their… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Ofsted watch: Local authority provider leaps two grades A local authority provider has leapt two grades from inadequate to good and an independent training provider has received… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Early years educator apprenticeship requirement u-turn confirmed The government has finally confirmed that it is u-turning on the requirements for early years educator apprenticeships. Currently early… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News What’s on during National Apprenticeship Week 2017: Climbing the ladder of opportunity The tenth National Apprenticeship Week will be celebrated across the country this year with an adventurous round of activities…. Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News College governors brand SFA’s new apprenticeship contracts ‘ludicrous’ College governors have branded the SFA’s new apprenticeship contractual arrangements “ludicrous” during a heated discussion at the AoC’s Governance… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exclusive Banned subcontracting hidden through widespread ‘associate partnerships’ Colleges and training providers are hiding banned subcontracting through the use of so-called ‘associate partnerships’, FE Week can reveal… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Fifteenth studio school set to close out of 36 nationwide Another studio school is reported to be shutting its doors, making it the 15th of its kind to close… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Struggling college bailed out by SFA after bank refusal A Warwickshire college in financial dire straits has been bailed out by the Skills Funding Agency, and is now… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News SFA already finding ineligible employer incentives and will ‘strengthen’ funding rules The apprenticeship funding rules will be beefed up to stop inappropriate employer incentives, just two months ahead of the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Exclusive Film industry education boss lands ‘hand grenade’ assessment job at Institute for Apprenticeships The new deputy director of assessment for the Institute for Apprenticeships, a role likened to “a hand grenade with… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Breaking: Hull College Group chief executive departs after financial mess exposed Hull College Group has announced the departure of its chief executive Gary Warke, bringing to an end weeks of… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News First sixth form college converts to academy status today Hereford Sixth Form College has won the race to become the first to convert to academy status. The provider,… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 829 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