News Sign Language qualifications accepted as English functional skills alternative for apprenticeships British Sign Language qualifications will be accepted instead of English functional skills for apprenticeships, in a move to encourage… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Institute for Apprenticeships consultation launched This morning the government launched their long awaited Institute for Apprenticeships consultation. With a January 31 deadline, you have less… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News FE principals neglected again as New Year’s honours list praises only a handful FE college principals have again fared poorly in the Queen’s honours list, with only three being recognised for their… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News FE figures honoured by the Queen in her 2017 list The work of the chief executive officer of adult learning provider City Lit has been recognised in this year’s… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Top 10 FE Week online news stories in 2016 FE Week continues to bring you all the important news, analysis and comment, pressing the government on key unanswered… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News 2016 in FE Week cartoons – vote for your favourite This year brought a wealth of interesting developments for FE Week to cover – from a new government to… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News FE Week supplement review 2016 Over the course of this year FE Week produced a whopping 172 pages of content across 10 supplements covering… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Scotland to spend less than half their levy funding on apprenticeships The Scottish government has announced that its use of the apprenticeships levy will be more flexible than in England,… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Marsden ‘very disappointed’ as assurances on IfA announcements fail to deliver Delays to the release of key details about the Institute for Apprenticeships are “very disappointing” evidence of a “haphazard”… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News EFA announces no change to 16-18 funding rates The Education Funding Agency has announced that the national base funding rates of £4,000 per full time student aged… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Ofsted criticises ‘financial mismanagement’ at college preparing to join with university Governors have been criticised for being slow to recognise “financial mismanagement” at Lambeth College, in new report unveiled by… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Failed UTC site used as cheap accommodation Young professionals are living in a disused Walsall university technical college site, after the 14-19 institution was forced to… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 829 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