News Public sector apprenticeship target won’t apply to colleges Further education colleges will avoid being made to hit the new public sector apprenticeship recruitment target, FE Week can reveal…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Policy Consortium letter challenges Wilshaw over ‘inadequate at best’ claim Senior figures from the Policy Consortium have challenged Sir Michael Wilshaw over his claim that the FE sector is “inadequate… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Proposed foreign worker levy could net sector millions A proposed new levy on foreign workers could net the FE sector millions a year — but businesses warned… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Staff consulted over potential job losses at troubled Totton College A struggling sixth form college is consulting on a restructuring plan that it is thought could lead to dozens of job losses. Totton College,… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Exeter College appoints new principal for April start John Laramy has been appointed as the new principal of Exeter College, replacing Richard Atkins who will retire in… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Leaders rush to defend FE from Sir Michael Key FE figures have spoken out in defence of the sector following a scathing attack by Ofsted boss Sir… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Online learning ‘not cheap option’ A Skills Funding Agency (SFA) decision not to introduce a reduced funding rate for online learning has been welcomed… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Feltag online learning target was ‘red herring’ [slideshow_deploy id=’43845′] The 10 per cent target for online learning included in the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Deadline missed on apprenticeship consultation The government has missed the first key deadline from its own timeline for apprenticeship reform implementation over the next… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News DfE figures reveal the FE sector winners and losers in vocational and A-level provision Greenhead Sixth Form College has come out on top again in this year’s league tables for schools and colleges,… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Does Skills Minister Nick Boles have any idea about Institute for Apprenticeships’ policing? — ‘I have no idea — or if I had an idea I’m not going to share it’ Skills Minister… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Liverpool-based Oakmere Community College appeals against two-grade slump to inadequate A Liverpool-based independent learning provider (ILP) has launched an appeal after it slumped from its previous ‘good’ Ofsted rating… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
