News Outstanding RAF training The RAF’s apprenticeship scheme has seen it become just the second employer provider to be rated outstanding across the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Lambeth retains grade three Ofsted rating despite strikes Lambeth College has retained its grade three Ofsted rating despite inspectors visiting amid long-running industrial action that ended with… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News AoC hits back at ex-Ofsted director’s claim colleges are ‘frankly, rubbish’ Association of Colleges (AoC) boss Martin Doel (above) has leapt to the defence of his members after a former… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Planting seeds of inspiration in Sky The Sky Academy invited FE Week reporter Paul Offord to look around its new Careers Lab that will give… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Ofsted’s falling standards flag ‘insecure’ Ofsted’s system for flagging up falling standards has been described as offering an “insecure comfort blanket” after two formerly… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Ten pc online course content edict ‘more of a vague target’ The government will not be enforcing a recommendation from the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (Feltag) that 10… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Ofsted welcomes fellow education watchdogs from across Europe Ofsted national director for FE and skills Lorna Fitzjohn today launched the first conference for inspectors from across Europe… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Accounts committee chair warns DfE has ‘little understanding of the impact of existing initiatives and programmes’ for 16 to 18-year-olds Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge (pictured) has warned that the Department for Education (DfE) has “little understanding of… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News UCU members at Lambeth College vote to end strike Lambeth College’s long-running dispute over new staff contracts came to an end this evening after striking union members voted… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Newcastle College boss Carole Kitching to lead Lewisham Southwark College Lewisham Southwark College is set for a new principal and chief executive in Newcastle College’s Carole Kitching this summer…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News FE Week announces media partnership with The Sunday Times Festival of Education The Sunday Times Festival of Education has confirmed FE Week and FE Week as a 2015 media partner. The annual… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Minister Nick Boles looking into VAT exemption for sixth form colleges with schools ‘link-up’ Skills Minister Nick Boles plans to open discussions with the Treasury about a possible VAT exemption for sixth form… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 750 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 4w Billy Camden 4w 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
