News Rejected National Colleges plans ‘not sufficiently mature’ The teams behind two proposed National Colleges told their plans were “not mature enough” to proceed have told FE… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News NUS FE leader Shakira Martin backs MPs’ call for free apprentice prescriptions A cross-party group of MPs has won the backing of NUS FE leader Shakira Martin (pictured) with their bid… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Level three 19 to 23 entitlement remains The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has given more details of its plans to extend FE loans,… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Prime Minister unveils plans to ramp up public sector apprentice numbers Prime Minister David Cameron is tomorrow expected to unveil plans for 2.3 per cent of staff in large public… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Channel Four programme claims high street giant Next saved £2.5m in wages employing hundreds of low paid apprentices High Street giant Next slashed £2.5m off its wage bill by employing hundreds of low-earning apprentices, according to a… FE Week 10y FE Week 10y News Ofsted identifies improvement at horror youth prison Ofsted inspectors who uncovered “degrading treatment, racist comments and care from staff under the influence of illegal drugs” at… FE Week 10y FE Week 10y News Funding cut for back-to-work support Providers have been warned that government funding to help long-term unemployed people back into work was likely to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Unison to ballot workers in FE colleges in row over pay Trade union Unison will ballot FE workers in England in the New Year, in the latest development of an… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Annual Ofsted report exposes FE maths and English issues Ofsted deputy director for FE and skills Paul Joyce has outlined how the story of the education watchdog’s 2014/15… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Exclusive: Lep areas revealed for first round of invitations to tender for delayed ESF contracts These are the first areas which the will be involved in the first round of long-awaited invitations to tender… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Social mobility tsar Alan Milburn labels FE an ‘absolute jungle’ Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission chair Alan Milburn (pictured above) has told a Lords committee how the FE… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College principal’s ‘regret’ at studio school closures over low pupil numbers The principal of a Midland college behind two studio schools struggling with low pupil numbers has told of her… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 829 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
