News Thinktank calls for policy road map for digital techonology The FE sector needs a “policy roadmap” to ensure best use of digital technology, a report launched last week… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Leps Network chair warns of closure after over-worked chief executive resigns amid lack of resources The organisation that oversees the work of Local Enterprise Partnerships (Leps) is in crisis following the resignation of its… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Traineeship ‘evolution’ announced as Boles rejects new funding system plan Plans for a new traineeship funding system, in which providers could be paid based on learner job outcomes for… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News ‘Don’t abandon expensive subjects to balance books,’ FE Commissioner warns Colleges have been warned against abandoning expensive subjects like science and engineering as they attempt to balance their books…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Fetl launches £100k collective grants Further education organisations can apply for new £100k research grants from the Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl). It… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Art space in £50m DfE refurb A £50m tender to refurb the new Department for Education (DfE) HQ in London includes a gym and the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News College issued warning over ‘hand-to-mouth’ finances A Midland college has been warned about its “hand-to-mouth” financial situation by FE Commissioner Dr David Collins. Dr Collins… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News AoC backs Ofqual plans to scrap QCF regulations The Association of Colleges (AoC) has backed Ofqual plans to ditch current regulatory arrangements for the Qualifications and Credit… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Reports of more FE cuts prompt AoC defence Further education has already taken its “fair share” of cuts, the Association of Colleges (AoC) has warned amid claims… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Ofqual boss issues stability plea on Functional Skills Ofqual boss Glenys Stacey has said qualifications should remain “as stable as possible” as Skills Minister Nick Boles looks… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Unified CIF ‘not money-saving exercise’ Ofsted’s eight-week consultation on bringing an end to its independent FE and skills inspection regime comes to a close… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Show ‘light goes on’ The third national Skills Show kicked off in Birmingham on Thursday (November 13) with have-a-gos, careers advice, skills competitions… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 749 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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
