News Studio school to stop recruiting from 14 and become sixth form A former Ofsted ‘outstanding’ studio school has announced it will stop recruiting from age 14 and only offer provision… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive Government considers legislation change to protect learners with loans when providers go bust The government is considering a change in legislation to protect learners left in loans debt after their providers go… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Warm tributes paid to ‘doyenne’ of the employability and skills sector Janette Faherty Fond tributes have been paid to Janette Faherty OBE, a “doyenne” of the employability and skills sector who has died… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Ofsted watch: College bounces back from inadequate to good A college that has bounced back from a grade four to a grade two is leading the charge on… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exclusive Apprenticeship frameworks could be discontinued without SFA approval The UK’s food and drink frameworks could be switched off against the government’s wishes, FE Week has learned. The… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exclusive More loans misery as provider goes under Yet another training provider has gone bust, leaving dozens more blameless learners left with plenty of loans debt but… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News SFA blasted over ‘mystery shopper’ scheme FE Week readers are up in arms about the Skills Funding Agency’s new mystery shopper scheme to test apprenticeships,… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Unison: First4Skills collapse ‘could have broken the law’ The UK’s strict redundancy laws may have been breached when one of the largest apprenticeship providers in England unexpectedly… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Breaking: SFA unveils ‘mystery shopper’ scheme to test how ready providers are for apprenticeship reforms The Skills Funding Agency has launched a new “mystery shopper” scheme to find out how prepared providers are for… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Budget 2017: Sector hails Hammond’s ‘breakthrough budget’ for skills Today’s spring budget has been hailed as a “breakthrough budget for skills” as chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed major extra… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Levy confusion: Final SFA apprenticeship allocation meeting cancelled A key meeting that the Skills Funding Agency was supposed to hold today, to reach final decisions on which… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News National Apprenticeship Week 2017: More than 10,000 back world record attempt through giant careers advice assembly More than 10,000 young people joined-in for a giant careers advice assembly, through a world record attempt for National… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
