News NCG in the running to take on a4e after sale put forward Newcastle College Group (NCG) could be in line to take over troubled welfare-to-work provider A4e, FE Week can reveal…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Funding pulled from construction apprenticeships London-based construction training charity Building Lives claims 180 people currently on pre-employment training schemes face missing out on starting… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Traineeship financial incentive proposal rejected by government The government has rejected an employer and provider suggested proposal that traineeship learners should be offered a financial incentive… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Two colleges win school approvals from dfe as third prepares new plan Two colleges have been granted permission to open their own free schools in the latest wave of 49 free… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Finance key concern for commissioner reports Finance problems figured prominently in the two latest college inspection reports from FE Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured above left)…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Council told to drop skills offer The FE Commissioner has recommended that Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL) should offload its skills programmes after he was sent… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Chancellor told ‘no scope’ for more FE funding cuts The Association of Colleges (AoC) has told Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) there is “no scope” for further reductions to… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Same time next year? The inaugural FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference went with such a bang, how could we not do it again… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Funding agency dishes out extra cash for improvement strategy The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has promised extra cash to support a struggling college’s improvement strategy, following a visit… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Government identifies ‘potential risks’ for Trailblazer programme A government report on the apprentice Trailblazers has identified the emergence of “potential risks … that require national attention… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Report calls for FE inspection shift towards ‘self-regulation’ An Association of Colleges (AoC) report has called for “radical reforms” to the way FE provision is inspected, saying… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News FE bosses warned against ‘heroic’ leadership Senior FE figures were told to abandon the traditional “heroic” leadership model at the inaugural Fetl lecture. The speech… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 750 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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
