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 News BREAKING: FE champion Shakira Martin standing for NUS president The top job at the National Union of Students is in the sights of Shakira Martin, currently vice president… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y Newer 1 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo