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Hunt pledges new FE bill within ‘first 100 days’ of a Labour government

New legislation around apprenticeships and training will be one of the first bits of work for a Labour government,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Election questions from across the FE and skills sector

The election period officially begins today — and last week saw the leaders of the two largest parties being put…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Sector facing ‘significant impact’ as swamped SFA delays qualifications announcement

Awarding organisations (AO) have warned about the “significant impact” of a delay in finding out whether hundreds of qualifications…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Look out for warning signs of financial trouble, FE Commissioner urges college boards

College governors should be on the look out for warning signs of financial trouble or performance problems, FE Commissioner…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Hopes for end to confusion over official apprenticeship hunt websites

Concerns that two official internet search engines for apprenticeships were causing confusion among potential applicants are expected to be…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

NCFE and LifeSkills get Sunday Times Top 100 recognition

An awarding organisation and training company are celebrating after being recognised among the best places to work according to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Education ringfence meant 16 to 18 providers ‘missed out on £1.2bn’ since 2010

An extra £1.2bn could have been dished out to 16 to 18 providers since 2010 if the government’s education…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

FE colleges set for £61m for higher education next year

General FE and sixth form colleges will receive £61m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

More colleges must pass the FE Commissioner test before guidance on ending his intervention, says BIS

Principals will have to wait for more struggling colleges to emerge successfully from the FE Commissioner process before the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Ofqual launches consultation on life after QCF

Ofqual is asking for views on its plans to replace the Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF), which is due to…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

ETF English and maths review finds Functional Skills ‘not broken’

The system of Functional Skills qualifications is “not broken, but could be improved,” according to the Education and Training…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Government cuts could ‘decimate’ adult education by 2020, AoC warns

Continued cuts to the adult skills budget risk wiping out adult education and training in England within five years,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

Must read

Colleges, 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
Billy Camden
Politics

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
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54%

Slight increase leaves sector way off government target

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

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
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

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
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Politics

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
Billy Camden