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 News #SaveOurAdultEducation call for loans justice is raised in House of Lords Leading government skills adviser Professor Alison Wolf has added her voice to calls, through FE Week’s #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign, for… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 832 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 5d Anviksha Patel 5d 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
