News Counter-fraud measures underway for apprenticeship funding programme Counter-fraud measures are to be set up for the apprenticeship funding programme, the government has insisted, amid warnings from… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Editor Asks: David Hughes becomes fifth chief executive of the AoC Last week saw David Hughes become the fifth chief executive of the Association of Colleges in its 20 year… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News The past, present and future of the Association of Colleges As the Association of Colleges welcomes a new chief executive in its 20th year, FE Week takes a look… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News College principal set to retire after record 33 years at the helm The longest-serving FE college principal in the country will finally retire next year, after more than 33 years in… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News How easy is it to become a registered training provider? The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) was scheduled to open a new, ‘tougher’ Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RATP) to… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Two new super-colleges set to be created in north-west Two new super-colleges are set to be created in the north-west through mergers involving six colleges and one university…. Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Decision on FE maintenance loans put off until November despite strong support The government has stalled on making a decision about providing maintenance loans for higher level learners studying technical education… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Save our apprenticeships campaign Click here to download the campaign event briefing. Our first ever official campaign will oppose damaging cuts to… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Skills minister dismisses calls to delay apprenticeship levy launch The new skills minister has dismissed widespread calls to delay the apprenticeship levy launch, even after 10 major professional… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive NCG fighting to avoid dropping to a damaging Ofsted grade 3 An Ofsted report into the nation’s largest college has still not been published more than four months after it… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive College investigated head of curriculum’s racist tweets yet he kept his job until FE Week started asking questions A curriculum head at one of London’s largest colleges sent a string of racist, homophobic and abusive tweets but… Jess Staufenberg 9y Jess Staufenberg 9y News UTC will not open despite DfE spending over £8m A University Technical College (UTC) developed in partnership with Burton and South Derbyshire College will never open, despite the… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 829 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