News Newcastle College bomb plot accused in court A teenager accused of plotting to blow up Newcastle College has appeared in court. Liam Lyburd, aged 18, of… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News DfE ‘loses last line of defence’ for refusing VAT exemption to sixth form colleges The Department for Education (DfE) has “lost its last line of defence” in dismissing sixth form colleges’ pleas to… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News DfE head defends non-enforcement policy after grilling from MPs on raised participation age A senior civil servant has defended a government policy not to enforce the raising of the participation age during… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Minister approves Bicton College merger following FE Commissioner advice Skills Minister Nick Boles has approved plans for Devon-based Bicton College to merge with the Cornwall College Group (TCCG),… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Providers and employers invited to enter apprentices for 2015 Brathay Challenge Employers and training providers have been invited to enter their apprentice teams for the 2015 Brathay Challenge — a… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Colleges tell MPs of apprenticeship funding reform fears Further education colleges have added their voices to a growing list of sector organisations warning apprenticeship funding reforms could… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News New minimum standards system prompts questions New minimum standards categories have been unveiled by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) for 2014/15 — but the sector… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Accounts committee looks at Dfe participation record A sector leader has called for “coherence” in government’s approach to improving participation of 16 to 18-year-olds in education… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News The FE Wolf at the Lords’ door Professor Alison Wolf, the influential academic who authored the government’s 2011 report on vocational education, is one of just… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Lambeth College staff back to polls on industrial action Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike earlier this year will vote on whether to take further… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Fine for college after worker breaks back A Lancashire college has been fined £20,000 after an employee broke his back while changing the filter of an… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News ‘Plan C’ fears as Hub back-up phased out The closure of the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) online data collection (OLDC) system as a back-up for its breakdown-plagued… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 750 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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
