News Greening challenged over apprenticeship funding cuts The first day back from parliamentary recess saw education secretary Justine Greening challenged over widespread apprenticeship funding cuts uncovered… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News NAO apprenticeship report warns of history repeating itself over fraud The apprenticeship reform programme risks repeating the fraud that plagued Individual Learning Accounts without more robust risk planning, the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News MPs use FE Week analysis to demand funding cuts reversal More than 50 Labour MPs have urged skills minister Robert Halfon to reverse apprenticeships funding cuts exposed by FE… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News New name and new ‘ambitions’ for 157 Group The 157 Group is set to rename and announce new ‘ambitions’ next month, less than a year after completing… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Exclusive Concern over FE Week funding cuts findings raised by shadow minister Serious concerns about funding cuts for 16-18 year old apprentices have been raised by shadow skills minster Gordon Marsden,… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Tougher quality rules needed for apprenticeship providers, says AELP Tougher rules surrounding the quality requirement for apprenticeship providers have been called for by the Association of Employment and… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Employers seeking ‘payment for access’ to their apprenticeship levy pot Large employers are auctioning access to their future apprenticeship levy pot to the highest bidding training provider, the Association… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Teaching ban for inappropriate messages to college student An indefinite teaching ban has been imposed on a former Bournemouth and Poole College lecturer — after he was… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Destination data reforms show big improvement for college leavers Changes to how the government collects data charting student progress after they finish key stage five courses have dramatically… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Apprenticeship adviser to PM dumped as future of role left in doubt The future of the apprenticeship advisor post to the Prime Minister remains uncertain, as a spokesperson for Nadhim Zahawi… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Inadequate Ofsted rating for subcontracting federation A damning inadequate Ofsted rating has been handed out to a not-for-profit organisation that subcontracts out all its Education… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Call for GCSE resit policy change after ‘body blow’ results The chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has called on the government to scrap its… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 829 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
