News ‘Keep out of it’ – AELP boss Stewart Segal warns Skills Minister Nick Boles off apprenticeships Skills Minister Nick Boles has been urged to stay out of apprenticeship delivery business after telling college principals that… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News SFA names 14 providers whose funding contracts were terminated early Fourteen training providers with combined allocations of nearly £6.9m in adult skills budget (ASB) and almost £5.8m for 16… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Golden night for City of Glasgow College as Skills Show competition winners announced City of Glasgow College emerged the big winner from Skills Show 2015 in Birmingham as it claimed eight medals,… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Further education and skills sector bodies welcome Chartered Status membership The Association of Colleges (AoC) and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) have welcomed news that FE… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Network for Black and Asian Professionals chief executive Rajinder Mann blames ‘squeeze on the public purse’ for network’s demise The loss of two key contracts worth £164,000 led directly to the demise of the Network for Black and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Busy day at the Skills Show for Theo Paphitis with visit to the hairdressers and the kitchen — and even the operating table Skills Show patron Theo Paphitis had a busy day in the hair salon today under the watchful eye of celebrity… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Record-breaking £14k raised for Helena Kennedy Foundation at FE Week charity auction The FE Week 2015 annual charity auction and raffle raised a record-breaking £14,000 for the Helena Kennedy Foundation. Leaders… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News SFA warns colleges of a future without sub-contracting Skills Funding Agency funding and programmes director Keith Smith (pictured above) has warned college leaders they were facing a… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Staring into the funding abyss – Skills Minister Nick Boles paints stark picture of cuts to hit sector The sector has been left staring into the financial abyss after Skills Minister Nick Boles warned Association of Colleges… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan tells Labour MPs ‘wait for spending review’ in 16-19 funding protection debate Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told Labour to “wait and see” what happens in next week’s Budget before accusing… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Skills Minister Nick Boles speech at AoC conference 2015 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. We meet in a sombre context. After this morning’s session I’ll be returning to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News High profile visit for Skills Show as Business Secretary Sajid Javid drops in on day one Business Secretary Sajid Javid was joined by thousands of career curious youngsters today as he visited Birmingham for day… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 831 Older Must read 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 1d Shane Chowen 1d 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 1w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo