News Local authorities come under the FE Week 2015/16 adult apprenticeship allocations spotlight The exclusive front page story of edition 154 on low levels of apprenticeship delivery among colleges promised more analysis…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in bid to keep London colleges apart Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has tried to warn City and Islington College governors against plans to merge with Westminster… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Funding threat hangs over providers who missed topslice declaration deadline The Skills Funding Agency was today looking into whether it would suspend funding for lead providers who flouted a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Area reviews question over academy VAT move Sixth Form College (SFC) leaders were today in the dark about whether Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement they could become… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Employer engagement hopes with £3bn levy Sector leaders have reacted positively after Chancellor George Osborne fleshed out how the new apprenticeship levy on large firms… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Finances on the mend at New College Nottingham The FE Commissioner has finished his work at New College Nottingham (NCN) after overseeing dramatic improvement with its financial… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Whitehall uncertainty over 19+ FE loans while clarity needed over £160m savings from 16-19 funding Chancellor George Osborne’s extension of the FE loans system to 19 to 23-year-olds is a source of just as… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Much-feared Budget looks positive for adult skills budget — but what could the new 19-plus FE loans mean? Further education loans were extended to the 19+ age group in a positive-looking Spending Review that many feared could… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Skills Show 2015 sees record number of visitors — up 44 pc Record numbers of young people, teachers and parents visited the Skills Show in Birmingham last week, with figures for… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News More than 100 young people one step closer to WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 after qualifying for UK squad Nearly 150 young people are one step closer to taking on the world’s best, having been listed among the… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Learndirect topslices almost £50m from subcontractors over two years as average management fee rises to 36 per cent Figures that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) demanded be published by today have revealed that Learndirect top-sliced almost £50m… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Where does your college sit in the FE Week 2015/16 adult apprenticeship allocations table? The exclusive front page story in FE Week edition 154 on startlingly low levels of apprenticeship delivery among some… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 829 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