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Apprenticeship levy funding pot predictions cut by £100m a year

The amount of money the apprenticeship levy is expected to raise has already fallen by £100m for each year…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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FE ‘postcode lottery’ for high needs learners, expert warns

A leading expert in learning difficulties and disabilities has branded the FE sector a “postcode lottery” for young people…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Fears over lack of assessment organisations

Concerns have been raised over delays with government approval of apprentice assessment organisations (AAOs) for Trailblazer apprenticeship standards after…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Agency under fire for refusing to list changes to quals

A college strategic funding manager has hit out at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) for refusing to publish a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Fall in number of employers posting apprenticeship vacancies

Government figures showed a 6 per cent fall in employer numbers posting apprenticeship vacancies in the same week it…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Annual survey: Power to the people? Or a ruse to disguise further spending cuts?

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE The third annual FE Week and Policy Consortium FE and Skills Survey 2016. Devolution and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


News

National curriculum should end at 14, House of Lords says

A House of Lords report into social mobility has called for the national curriculum to stop at age 14…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

The great college merger ‘rush’

> Exclusive analysis finds potential for 15 mergers in 2016 > Union warns of time needed for meaningful consultation Bury…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Launch of new online apprentice recruitment site delayed

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced that it has delayed the launch of the new ‘recruit an apprentice/trainee’…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Exclusive: Apprentice vacancy with troubled Tata Steel advertised by government

An advert has appeared on a government website for an apprenticeship vacancy with Tata Steel — even though the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Exclusive: National apprenticeship achievement rates on the rise again

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) twice delayed publication of the 2014/15 nationwide qualification achievement rates (QAR) – but FE Week can…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

FE Week lands sector giant as new editor

Midday update: Sadly Martin Doel hasn’t been appointed our new editor, because this was, of course, another infamous FE Week…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill