News Consultation on FE maintenance loans launched The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has today launched a long-awaited consultation into introducing maintenance loans for… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Sussex colleges announce plans to merge into a ‘regional institute’ City College Brighton & Hove and neighbouring Northbrook College have announced plans to merge into a new Regional Institute… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Welcome news as SFA publish provider funding allocations for 2016/17 This afternoon the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) sent colleges and training providers their eagerly anticipated funding allocations for next year. As… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Two more London colleges confirm merger ahead of area reviews Hackney Community College and Tower Hamlets College have today confirmed that they will merge from August this year. FE… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Latest apprenticeship figures show mixed picture and little overall increase The number of new 16-18 apprenticeship starts has continued to rise although the level of new starters in adult… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Hundreds of AAC delegates hear latest on government’s apprenticeship reforms FE Week’s second Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) saw more than 900 delegates fill Birmingham’s International Convention Centre for three… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News ‘Unsustainable debt’ issues behind area review delays, says FE Commissioner Issues with colleges’ “long-standing unsustainable debt” have been highlighted by the FE Commissioner as a key cause of hold-ups… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Bristol college’s accounts question future as a ‘going concern’ A college’s own accounts have questioned its “ability to continue as a going concern” after it was set to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Photography competition win for Libby Gillard Coleg Cambria student Libby Gillard is the winner of this year’s FE Week and Me Photography Competition. The 19-year-old,… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Sir Vince Cable ‘fears’ apprenticeship levy is simply a Treasury ‘revenue raising measure’ The apprenticeship levy is a “revenue raising measure” for the Treasury, former business secretary Sir Vince Cable has said…. Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Data dashboard to shut down after just two years Ofsted’s FE and skills data dashboard is to close just two years after it was launched. The announcement was… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Apprenticeship providers training the SFA staff If you were the funding agency responsible for apprenticeships and looking to take on your own recruits, which college… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
