News Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Institute for Apprenticeships appoints first director The first permanent employee of the Institute for Apprenticeships has finally been appointed, after ongoing delays and an absence… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Apprenticeship starts rise despite fall in vacancies Apprenticeship starts published by the DfE this morning show a slight increase, when comparing provisional figures for the first… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News SFA forced to delay publication of 2015/16 achievement rates as “technical issues” ongoing Qualifications achievement rates data for 2015/16 will not appear in tomorrow’s FE statistical first release because of “technical issues”,… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News National Apprenticeship Awards 2016: Meet the winners After an amazing evening at the stellar National Apprenticeship Awards 2016 ceremony last week (January 20), FE Week caught… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Breaking: Industrial strategy green paper explains plan for Institutes of Technology ‘in all areas’ The government’s new industrial strategy green paper has fleshed out what it expects from a “prestigious” new network of Institutes… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Digital Apprenticeship Service will go live in February The new Digital Apprenticeship Service is ploughing ahead, and all levy-paying employers will be able to register next month…. Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Industrial Strategy will put FE in spotlight with £170m to create Institutes of Technology The Industrial Strategy Green Paper will be published tomorrow, with post-16 technical education taking centre stage. A statement by the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News College forced to stop recruiting apprentices A college hit with an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating won’t appeal against the resulting ban from running apprenticeships, but says… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Priestley Sixth Form College leading race to academise The first sixth form college set to convert to academy status has announced it aims to make the change… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Winners from the National Apprenticeship Awards 2016 announced Britain celebrated the best of its vocational education on Friday night, when the country’s top three apprentices and its six best… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Are career colleges working two and a half years on? Apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon has paid his first visit to a career college, attending London South East Colleges’ Hospitality,… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Ofsted watch: Two grade crash to inadequate for independent training providers Two of the three independent training provider full inspection reports published this week have resulted in a two grade… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 836 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
