News AoC calls for delay to apprenticeship funding reforms for first time The Association of Colleges’ has for the first time added its voice to organisations calling for a delay to… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News SFA pauses loans process after FE Week exposes delays Growth requests for advance learner loans have been paused until further notice, after FE Week exposed lengthy delays with… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive: Further delays to controversial provider register The controversial new apprenticeship provider register has been delayed, FE Week can reveal. The first wave of applications now… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Lord Baker rejects post-16 academic and vocational divide Controversial plans for a post-16 academic and vocational divide have been rejected by key backer of under-fire university technical… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Rayner backs ‘important’ appenticeships campaign at Labour conference The shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has reaffirmed her support for FE Week’s #SaveOurApprenticeships campaign at a Labour Party… Freddie Whittaker 9y Freddie Whittaker 9y News Principal of inadequate college resigns despite ‘full backing’ from governors The principal of a troubled college is stepping down just six weeks after he was given the “full backing”… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News It’s a CEO hat-trick for Peter Lauener, as Institute for Apprenticeships added to EFA and SFA Peter Lauener has been appointed shadow chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships with immediate effect. He will take… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Government guidance delayed… but area reviews plough ahead Wave four of the post-16 education and training area reviews has been launched, even though the sector is still… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News #SaveOurApprenticeships rally planned for Labour Party conference FE Week will hold a special rally in support of its #SaveOurApprenticeships campaign at next week’s Labour Party conference… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Shock threat of Ofsted ‘civil action’ – Inspectorate send letters warning their logo can only be used by those graded outstanding– Schools, colleges and training… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Bigger is better for sixth forms Size matters, at least when it comes to sixth forms – as FE Week discovered when we investigated the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Westminster Kingsway name change rejected, but others find loophole Westminster Kingsway College’s bid to have itself rebranded as Central London Colleges Group was rejected over concerns its new… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y Newer 1 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 832 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 5d Anviksha Patel 5d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
