News Parliamentary debate approved on ‘totally unacceptable’ apprenticeship cuts A parliamentary debate on the drastic funding cuts to apprenticeships proposed by the government and exposed by FE Week has… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News SFA approve just 13% of apprentice assessment organisation applications Organisations applying to the government’s new register of apprenticeship assessment organisations are being turned away because their plans for end-point assessment… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Long-awaited area review guidance finally published Long-awaited area review guidance and updates have finally been published by the Department for Education – three months after… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Halfon calls UTCs “incredible” despite one in 10 already shut Apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon has dubbed the University Technical College programme “excellent”, despite ten per cent of… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for government rethink on apprenticeship funding rates London mayor Sadiq Khan has added his voice to those calling on the government to rethink proposed apprenticeship funding… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Three-way merger becomes two-way after college pulls out A college has pulled out of a planned three-way London merger, as the remaining two colleges announce that they… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News DfE confirms Richard Atkins CBE as new FE Commissioner Richard Atkins’ appointment as the new FE commissioner has been confirmed by the Department for Education – almost a… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Sussex college merger plans unveiled Plans for a merger between two Sussex colleges that aims to boost apprenticeships and higher level skills in the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Council u-turn on outsourcing adult education Councillors have U-turned on their decision to outsource local authority adult learning services – citing the current area reviews… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News First two national colleges open their doors to students The first two of five planned new government-backed national colleges have opened their doors to students, after £80 million… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News All private training providers told current adult education contract will terminate next July Private training providers have been told their current adult education contracts will end next July – rather than be… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Transparency questions raised over cash for consultants Consultants working with colleges on FE and skills area reviews have been paid £3.5m in ‘transition grants’, FE Week… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 829 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
