News Singing FE lecturer shortlisted for $1m best teacher in world prize A singing science lecturer from Middlesbrough College is in the running for a $1m first-prize after making the top… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Miliband announces that Labour would protect 16 to 19 funding A Labour government would protect 16 to 19 education as part of plans to protect the entire Department for… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Miliband to stand by Labour’s controversial plans to scrap apprenticeships below level three Labour leader Ed Miliband is set to stand by his party’s controversial pledge to scrap apprenticeships of less than two… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Niace proposes £100m ‘advancement service’ for low-paid workers – with poll The government should top-slice from skills and careers budgets to pay for coaches to help people out of low-paid… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News MPs write to Nicky Morgan over sixth form colleges VAT exemption More than 70 MPs have written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan calling for sixth form colleges to be exempted… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Less than a quarter of quals win appeal against SFA cull Less than one-in-four qualifications listed as in danger of the public funding axe last year have survived the latest… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Traineeship action call as ‘up to 40 pc’ say no to delivery Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge has called for government action to boost traineeships after official figures showed take-up among… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Fracking vote ‘won’t affect’ National college plans Leaders of the new National College for Onshore Oil and Gas have played down the possibility of a local… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Learners and staff among creditors £800k out of pocket by Bright demise Learners, staff and other creditors are expected to be left around £800k out of pocket with the demise of… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News College told to give up inadequate-rated academy An FE college in Suffolk has been ordered to hand over its 11 to 16 academy to new sponsors… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Financial difficulties at ‘50 colleges’ Around 50 colleges could be in serious financial difficulty due to a “perfect storm” of capital debt and 16… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Fraudsters outwitted in £5.8m new build banking scam Police are hunting fraudsters who tried to rip off an Essex college by pretending be behind work on its… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 749 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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
