News Second wave of invitations to tender published for delayed ESF contracts The second wave of invitations to tender for long-awaited European Social Fund (ESF) cash — this time totalling £16.2m… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Festive wishes and New Year hopes What a year it has been for FE and skills. Over the past 12 months we’ve had a General… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Mixed reaction to lifting of traineeship restriction The removal of rules allowing only providers rated outstanding or good by Ofsted to get lead contracts for traineeships… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship frameworks cut-off scrapped The government has scrapped plans to stop funding apprenticeship frameworks after 2017/18. The cut-off, that would ensure providers were… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Public Accounts Committee will report on FE finances on December 16 The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will publish the results of its inquiry into the financial state… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New interim principal to take charge at troubled City College Coventry in New Year A new interim principal will take the reins at troubled City College Coventry early next month. Dr Elaine McMahon… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Wilshaw calls on employers to ‘take ownership’ of localised apprenticeships recruitment challenge Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has called on employer groups to “take ownership” over localised apprenticeship recruitment as… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News National Apprenticeship Awards finalists revealed [slideshow_deploy id=’42740′] Finalists for the National Apprenticeship Awards next month have been announced. Neil Cain, Michael Motley and Joshua… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Staggered and late ESF tenders ‘affecting bid quality’, AELP warns The staggered launch of bidding windows for £650m-worth of European Social Fund (ESF) cash between next month and May… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Area reviews not launched to ‘save money’, Education Secretary tells Lords committee Post-16 education area reviews “haven’t been set up in order to save money,” Education Secretary Nicky Morgan (pictured above)… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Providers hit back at Saudi claims Providers have hit back at claims that establishing new learner ventures in Saudi Arabia as part of the Colleges… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Exclusive: Public Accounts Committee chair says topslicing is ‘outrageous leeching’ of public cash The issue of topslicing with lead providers skimming off around 40 per cent of government funding for delivery before… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 836 Older Must read 16-19 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
