News New vocational research centre ‘won’t clash’ with Education and Training Foundation The government has outlined how its sees the role of a new Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) as different to… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Loans plan on hold for review of ‘overall funding for skills provision’ Government plans to extend the reach of the FE loans system have been put on hold pending a review… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Government consultation on future of FE provides opportunity for more funding questions A wide-ranging government consultation on the future of FE that launched today has prompted sector calls for a rethink… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Inadequate-rated college follows through on FE Commissioner’s merger advice — leaving nearly 100 jobs in the balance Norton Radstock College’s proposed merger with City of Bath College will be made official next month in a move that… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News London School of Economics to host new Centre for Vocational Education Research A new £3m project aimed at researching new ideas for FE will be based at the London School of… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Show changes revealed Potential investors got a sneak peak of what’s going to be on offer at this year’s Skills Show at… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Level two English and maths ‘needed outside of GCSEs’ The Education and Training Foundation review of non-GSCE English and maths qualifications is likely to result in a call… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Ofsted hits back at ‘not fit for purpose’ criticism Ofsted has defended itself against criticism in an Association of Colleges (AoC) paper that branded the education watchdog as… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Hope for continued English apprentice Euro recognition Ofqual hopes to ensure English apprenticeships will continue to be recognised in Europe after the Qualifications and Credit Framework… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Boles kills off two-page Trailblazer pledge Skills Minister Nick Boles has relaxed much-vaunted rules set by his predecessor, Matthew Hancock, that limited new apprenticeship guidelines… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Reform victory for status quo cash flow Providers and employers who said no to government cash for apprenticeship training going through businesses have won the fight… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Learners need new providers after inadequate ratings Hundreds of learners will be hoping for new providers after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) said it would tear… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 751 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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
