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 News ‘Devil in the detail’ warning on Ofsted’s new CIF Ofsted has been warned that the “devil will be in the detail” when it applies a new common inspection… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Fetl focus on third sector challenges The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) has handed fellowship grants, worth up to £40,000 each, to four senior… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News President Atkins reveals concern over falling performance Association of Colleges (AoC) president Richard Atkins has told of his concern at in depth research by FE Week… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Pressure mounts for Labour 16 to 19 ringfence policy The pressure is mounting on Labour to reveal whether it would introduce an FE and skills funding ringfence after… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Mikaela on road to photography success Stoke-on-Trent College learner Mikaela Mae Cobby is the winner of this year’s FE Week and Me Photography Competition. The… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 750 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