News UTCs, apprenticeships and destination data central to Tory manifesto plans for FE The Conservatives will put a University Technical College (UTC) “within reach of every city” and increase the use of… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Bogus United Nations invoice caught by eagle-eyed staff Providers have been warned to be vigilant after another attempted scam hit the sector. Andy Cole (pictured), principal of… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News London federation learns from Middlesbrough ‘failure’ Three London colleges have announced plans to form a federation in a bid to combat budget cuts. Newham College,… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Employers back skills pilot after damning review Businesses have called on the government to keep faith with its employer ownership of skills pilot despite a damning… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Euro Commission ‘oversteps the mark’ on learner info The European Commission has been accused by a civil rights group of “overstepping the mark” in making FE learners… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Labour’s apprenticeship scrap plan fails to make manifesto Labour remains committed to scrapping level two apprenticeships despite the absence of the pledge from the party’s education manifesto,… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Staff with ‘access’ to young learners not checked by bosses A Leicester-based training provider has been slapped with an inadequate grading by Ofsted after failing to carry out criminal… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News HMRC backs SFA on Trailblazer VAT Trailblazer employers will not have to shell out tax on cash rewards for taking on apprentices, it has been… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Planning victory over crossing Dudley College has won a planning battle to secure a pedestrian crossing after fears for learner safety. The Midland… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News New Bubbles’s Learning Revolution conference Creative teaching and the role of research were discussed at the New Bubbles Learning Revolution Conference, which also saw… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Roll on the General Election Apprenticeships were on the agenda as David Cameron hit the campaign trail in West Yorkshire on Thursday (April 9)…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Spring awards see college learners’ efforts praised [slideshow_deploy id=’34316′] College learners received the red carpet treatment as their outstanding achievements were celebrated at the FE… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 751 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w Politics Exclusive Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’ Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo
