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 News EuroSkills 2014 competitions come to an end — awards await Day three at Lille brought with it the promise of the final break to the rigorous and testing competitions…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Challenging first day for Team UK at Lille EuroSkills The massive hall of the Grand Palais in Lille where the skills competitions take place feels like a cross… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Joint survey paints college enrolment picture Colleges from up and down the country have revealed how many students have joined their courses this year as… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principal’s ‘keep faith with learners’ plea after stepping in to save teens The principal of an East London college that stepped in to save sixth form learners dumped over their AS-level… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Free school green light for Weston and Bedford Two general further education colleges have been given the green light to open free schools in the latest round… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Miliband’s wage pledge could see apprentices win 23pc raise The apprenticeship minimum wage could rise by 23 per cent if Labour wins next year’s general election. The party… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE providers in HS2 college plans At least 10 FE and skills sector providers could be involved with the new National College for High Speed… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Exclusive: Functional skills handed lifeline Functional Skills could be set for a return to government favour with Skills Minister Nick Boles having revealed plans… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 750 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