News Sixth form colleges record growing numbers Sixth form colleges have shared their enrolment figures for 2014 after taking part in a joint Association of Colleges… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Functional Skills here to stay, says Boles Functional Skills “will continue to be one of the types of qualification that learners have available,” according to a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted reinspection timeframe halved Ofsted proposals to halve the time between inspections of good FE and skills providers have been questioned by the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Cable’s ‘FE saviour’ claim backed by ex-SFA boss Claims by Business Secretary Vince Cable that he stopped government officials from “killing off” FE have been backed by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted looking at ‘frequent but shorter’ inspections for good providers Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has laid out plans for “frequent but shorter” inspections for good FE and skills… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Clegg repeats ‘cradle to college’ pledge but questions remain unanswered Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has repeated his pledge to protect education funding “from cradle to college” in his… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News BREAKING: SFA to allow funding ‘top-up’ for new Esol quals Concerns about delivery costs for new English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) qualifications have been addressed by a… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Cable in ‘kill off FE’ claim at Lib Dem conference Business Secretary Vince Cable has claimed that government officials suggested “killing off FE” by cutting sector funding, it has… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Quest for EuroSkills glory under way for Team UK Hundreds of skilled young tradesmen and women from across Europe came together to compete in a range of skills… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Conservatives Conference: No new cash behind citizen service pledge Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan for guaranteed access to the National Citizen Service will not be backed up with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Cable calls for 40pc apprentice minimum wage rise Apprentices’ pay could rise by almost 40 per cent if a plan by Business Secretary Vince Cable is approved…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Team UK triumph at EuroSkills 2014 FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 749 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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