News EFA funding rate to be revealed in January, director confirms The 2015/16 funding rate for 16 to 18-year-olds will not be announced until January, an Education Funding Agency (EFA)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Boles makes U-turn on apprenticeship grading New apprenticeship frameworks will no longer be forced to include pass, merit and distinction gradings, the Skills Minister has… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lambeth College staff could strike again after rejecting ‘improved’ contract offer Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike earlier this year have rejected “improved” offers over contract changes…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News More than 700 employers to set standards for 76 apprenticeships More than 700 employers will design 76 new apprenticeships in professions ranging from policing, the Armed Forces and TV… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA to close OLDC as planned despite hub woes The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is to continue with plans to close its old funding system next week, despite… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges losing focus on student success, FE Commissioner warns Colleges are losing their focus on student success in favour of other activities, FE Commissioner Dr David Collins has… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Half number of under-performing FE providers by 2020, social mobility body demands The number of under-performing colleges and apprenticeship training providers should be halved by 2020, the Social Mobility and Child… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Professor Alison Wolf given peerage Vocational education expert and academic Alison Wolf is to join the House of Lords, it has been announced. Professor… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New shadow education minister ‘excited’ about FE and skills role New shadow education minister Yvonne Fovargue has spoken of her “excitement” about the FE and skills element of her… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Yvonne Fovargue gets shadow education post in Labour’s mini-reshuffle The new shadow education minister responsible for FE and skills has been named as Yvonne Fovargue. Ms Fovargue’s appointment… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Second academic issues guidance criticism Further education sector bodies have called for action after another academic criticised careers advice in England. In a report… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Skills Minister admits to ‘nerves’ over making employers cough up for apprenticeships Skills Minister Nick Boles has admitted to being “nervous” about proposed employer cash contributions towards apprenticeship training costs. Addressing… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 750 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
