News Crossrail apprentices get royal treatment as Queen pays visit The Queen was presented with a plaque by Crossrail apprentices this week to commemorate the new railway being named… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Rebrand for British WorldSkills organisers The organisation that oversees the selection process for the British WorldSkills team is dropping its old name. It is… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Sixth form college academisation ‘pressure’ > Principal breaks silence on ‘very short’ timescales for DfE applications > Government defends linking opportunity to area review… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Merger approved by Boles before college ‘runs out of cash’ A cash-strapped Cumbria sixth form college has been given the green light by Skills Minister Nick Boles to merge with… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Around 200 colleges hit with joint UCU and Unison strike Around 200 colleges are expect to be hit with strike action today (February 24), as members of the University… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News New chief executive unveiled for Sixth Form Colleges Association The current operational director at the Schools, Students and Teachers Network (SSAT) Bill Watkin has been appointed as the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News SFA will stop subcontracting of loan-funded provision Provision paid for by advanced learner loans will have to be delivered directly by lead providers from the start… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Notices of concern more than double in wake of funding CRISIS The number of notices of concern issued to FE providers by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has more than… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Morgan made controversial call over growth requests Nicky Morgan, the Education Secretary, has made the controversial decision to only part-fund providers’ 16 to 18 apprenticeship growth… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Furious colleges and training providers slam 16-18 growth funding shortfall Angry providers have slammed the government’s failure to fully fund all their apprenticeship growth requests as “appalling” and “destabilising”…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Grant facility for small firms ‘fully committed’ Providers have been left waiting, as the Skills Funding Agency admits to having “fully committed” the budget for the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Provider’s cashback query met with ‘grave concerns’ by SFA One of the largest providers of apprenticeships has asked the Skills Funding Agency for permission to give cashback to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo