News Save our apprenticeships campaign Click here to download the campaign event briefing. Our first ever official campaign will oppose damaging cuts to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Skills minister dismisses calls to delay apprenticeship levy launch The new skills minister has dismissed widespread calls to delay the apprenticeship levy launch, even after 10 major professional… Paul Offord 10y Paul Offord 10y News Exclusive NCG fighting to avoid dropping to a damaging Ofsted grade 3 An Ofsted report into the nation’s largest college has still not been published more than four months after it… Paul Offord 10y Paul Offord 10y News Exclusive College investigated head of curriculum’s racist tweets yet he kept his job until FE Week started asking questions A curriculum head at one of London’s largest colleges sent a string of racist, homophobic and abusive tweets but… Jess Staufenberg 10y Jess Staufenberg 10y News UTC will not open despite DfE spending over £8m A University Technical College (UTC) developed in partnership with Burton and South Derbyshire College will never open, despite the… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Greening challenged over apprenticeship funding cuts The first day back from parliamentary recess saw education secretary Justine Greening challenged over widespread apprenticeship funding cuts uncovered… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News NAO apprenticeship report warns of history repeating itself over fraud The apprenticeship reform programme risks repeating the fraud that plagued Individual Learning Accounts without more robust risk planning, the… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News MPs use FE Week analysis to demand funding cuts reversal More than 50 Labour MPs have urged skills minister Robert Halfon to reverse apprenticeships funding cuts exposed by FE… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News New name and new ‘ambitions’ for 157 Group The 157 Group is set to rename and announce new ‘ambitions’ next month, less than a year after completing… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Exclusive Concern over FE Week funding cuts findings raised by shadow minister Serious concerns about funding cuts for 16-18 year old apprentices have been raised by shadow skills minster Gordon Marsden,… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Tougher quality rules needed for apprenticeship providers, says AELP Tougher rules surrounding the quality requirement for apprenticeship providers have been called for by the Association of Employment and… Paul Offord 10y Paul Offord 10y News Employers seeking ‘payment for access’ to their apprenticeship levy pot Large employers are auctioning access to their future apprenticeship levy pot to the highest bidding training provider, the Association… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y Newer 1 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 852 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 3w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
