News New legal apprenticeships contract between SFA and employers unveiled The controversial new legal agreement, that employers will have to sign with the Skills Funding Agency to run new… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Third of employers paying levy in April don’t know it exists yet, according to new report A third of employers who will have to pay the new apprenticeship levy from April are not even aware… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News FE Commissioner intervention report exposes financial turmoil at Hull College Group A new FE Commissioner intervention report has exposed the grave financial problems facing Hull College Group. Commissioner Richard Atkins’… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Ofsted watch: No overall-improvement recognised in tough week for FE A major adult and community learning provider has fallen to ‘inadequate’, in a week of reports on FE and skills… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Gove admits the UTCs experiment has failed The key ministerial architect of the government’s fast-unravelling policy on university technical colleges has admitted the experiment has failed…. Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive Digital Apprenticeship Service to be renamed prior to launch The Digital Apprenticeship Service (or DAS) is due for launch later this month, but will be renamed the ‘apprenticeship… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Grimsby Institute wins top AoC Beacon award The overall Leading Light winner from the prestigious national Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards has gone to the… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News IfA to charge assessment organisations for quality assurance The Institute for Apprenticeships will charge apprenticeship assessment organisations for external quality assurance of new standards – despite Ofqual… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Greater Manchester UTC is seventh to announce closure The Greater Manchester University Technical College (UTC) will close at the end of this academic year, becoming the seventh… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Essex County Council learning branded ‘inadequate’ A major local authority which delivers adult education to more than 12,000 learners has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted…. Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Colleges rely on A&E to help students with serious mental health issues Colleges are increasingly sending students who reach “crisis point” to accident and emergency, an FE Week investigation has heard…. Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Two principals on IfA’s board – but what happens to their £15k paycheques? One of the two college principals who will sit on the board at the Institute for Apprenticeships has refused… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 832 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
