News Back to the drawing board on merger as financial rescue plan rejected A Hampshire sixth form college has had to go back to the drawing board in its search for a… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Minister admits ‘no plans to promote new SFCs’ Skills Minister Nick Boles told the House of Commons the government has no intention of “promoting the establishment” of… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Apprenticeship week keenness at Milton Keynes Staff at Milton Keynes College were among thousands of sector workers up and down the country to have set… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Lords celebration for foundation learners The success of nearly 90 learners helped by the Helena Kennedy Foundation to overcome a variety of obstacles was… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Complete the overhaul of apprenticeships, small businesses group tells parties A challenge to complete the “overhaul” of apprenticeships is being put to the next government, as National Apprenticeship Week… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Develop ‘world class apprenticeships’ to tackle global productivity shortfall, report urges World class apprenticeships should be developed to solve a “productivity shortfall”, the International Skills Standards Organisation (INSSO) has claimed…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused on numbers over quality, commissioner finds Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused too much on getting students through the doors and not of the quality of… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News A4E up for sale Welfare-to-work provider A4E, which in January saw several employees found guilty of fraud, has been put up for sale…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Clegg marks National Apprenticeship Week Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called on young people and employers to “get an apprenticeship” ahead of National… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News College governance challenge set to ‘intensify’ with 24 pc funding cut warns union as BIS concedes spending reductions’ ‘profound’ effect on boards Next academic year’s 24 per cent FE funding cut will “intensify” the challenges faced by college governors, the University… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Local government thinktank’s ‘Heseltine-plus’ report calls for ‘abolition of the SFA’ and acknowledges FE representation on Lep boards an ‘urgent issue’ The abolition of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) within just over a year has been proposed by a local… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Apprenticeships commission puts colleges forward as solution to schools’ vocational offer for ‘all’ 14 to 16-year-olds All 14 to 16-year-olds should be able to study a vocational subject at school – and colleges could hold the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 747 Older Must read Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 1w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1w 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 4w Billy Camden 4w Apprenticeships, Ofsted Exclusive New Ofsted chief had ‘outdated’ view of apprenticeships as school head Sir Martyn Oliver talked up careers guidance in his sector debut at AAC 2024 Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w T Levels Exclusive Employers warned years ago that hairdressing T Levels wouldn’t cut it Businesses flagged concerns with placements and standards early in the process – but officials overruled Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo