Implementing English, maths and functional skills 9/10/2012 Find out more News SquadUK’s GOLD Success at EuroSkills 2012 Squad UK are celebrating their tremendous success at EuroSkills 2012 this evening after achieving 7 medals. Squad UK won… admin 10y admin 10y News Learners ‘miss out on £630m’ as Skills Funding Agency discover under-delivery Providers failed to deliver on nearly 17 per cent of the Skills Funding Agency’s £3.8bn allocation for the past… admin 10y admin 10y News Labour plans for a Tech Bacc welcomed Further education leaders have backed Ed Miliband’s proposals for a new Technical Baccalaureate. The Association of Employment and Learning… admin 10y admin 10y News FE comparison website leaves users ‘confused’ An independent review has branded the government’s £30m FE Choices website “bland” and “ambiguous”. The site, which compares the… admin 10y admin 10y News Next Step fails to hit the mark in London A survey on a countrywide government careers advice service uncovered varying levels of satisfaction and methods of delivery. The… admin 10y admin 10y News First notice of concern issued over ‘significant deficit’ A Kent college has become the first provider to get a government warning that could lead to the withdrawal… admin 10y admin 10y News An interview with Matthew Hancock, the new Minister for Skills The new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills (left) came in for his first sector grilling today when… admin 10y admin 10y News WorldSkills UK announces team for EuroSkills competition The elite squad of UK talent heading to Belgium for next week’s EuroSkills competition has been announced. A window… admin 10y admin 10y News UKBA says colleges have been ‘selling immigration’ Further education colleges have been accused by the UK Border Agency of “selling immigration rather than education”. The agency… admin 10y admin 10y News Apprenticeship subcontracting more than triples Funding figures expose boom in colleges’ apprenticeship deals. The amount that colleges spend on apprenticeship subcontractors has more than… admin 10y admin 10y News Local enterprise partnerships shun ‘fantastic’ resource, says AoC Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) are failing to take advantage of the “fantastic” education resources offered by colleges, the Association… admin 10y admin 10y Newer 1 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 654 Older Must read Politics Andrea Jenkyns named skills, further and higher education minister She joined the DfE in the reshuffle by outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson Jason Noble 4w Jason Noble 4w Qualifications Pearson vying to keep a third of its BTEC level 3 courses under threat The deadline for awarding bodies to appeal is July 8 Jason Noble 1mo Jason Noble 1mo Colleges, Exams Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time Jason Noble 2mo Jason Noble 2mo Next 3 stories News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 2mo Jason Noble 2mo Colleges Union rejects AoC’s ‘totally unacceptable’ new pay offer for college staff The pay offer has been upped to 2.5% from 2.25% Jason Noble 2mo Jason Noble 2mo Funding Soaring inflation wipes out skills budget boost Ministers have been urged to immediately add an extra £350 million a year in skills funding on top of… Will Nott 2mo Will Nott 2mo
