News Greater Manchester local authority achieves outstanding first under new Ofsted inspection regime A Greater Manchester council has the honour of being FE’s first community learning and skills provider to be judged… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Skills Minister Nick Boles writes to college leaders to reaffirm two-thirds apprenticeship push Skills Minister Nick Boles has written to college leaders to reaffirm his message that they should be going from… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Government lifts traineeship restriction on providers Lead providers rated as requiring improvement and even inadequate by Ofsted will be able to deliver traineeships from next… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Skills Minister Nick Boles set for social mobility grilling from Lords Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Skills Minister Nick Boles will be witnesses in the final evidence session of the… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Competition opens for £15m of first new ESF contracts Invitations to tender for almost £15m of long-awaited European Social Fund (ESF) cash were published today. Details of the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Government lays out timeline for apprenticeship reforms The government has laid out its timeline for implementing apprenticeship reforms over the next five years as it chases its… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Midland college FoI responses in spotlight The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is investigating a Midland man’s claim his local college is struggling with its legal… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y 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 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
