News ‘It’s about finding the right measures of quality’ — City & Guilds Industry Skills Board panel on how to make apprenticeships work A panel of five representatives from industry and trade unions was drawn together by City & Guilds to discuss… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Trust launches 16 new tech-based projects to help boost digital learning in FE The University for Industry (Ufi) Trust has officially launched 16 tech-based projects that it hopes will revolutionise digital learning… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Legal seal of approval granted for FE chartered status body Chartered status for colleges and training providers in the FE sector has moved an important step closer after the… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Boles addresses apprenticeship standard quality concerns Skills Minister Nick Boles (pictured above) addressed concerns about how the quality of apprenticeships will be policed as the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Minister says Ofsted apprenticeships review likely to highlight ‘quite a lot of bad practice’ An upcoming Ofsted review of apprenticeships is likely to lay bare “quite a lot of bad practice,” Skills Minister… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Let larger firms share levy funding with small employers, says FSB Large employers should be able to hand out apprenticeship funding earned under the government’s proposed new levy system to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Under threat area review colleges step in as local school shuts sixth form Three Greater Manchester colleges subject to one of the government’s post-16 education area reviews have been called on to… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Merger consultation sets out Institute of Technology ambitions Two central London colleges have laid out their ambitions to become an Institute of Technology (IoT), as consultation opens… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News MP Stella Creasy intervenes over mass brawl said to involve college learners Former Labour deputy leadership candidate Stella Creasy has spoken out in defence of “innocent young people” after reports that… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Could Matthew Hancock be facing his biggest test yet with IT system role in large employers’ apprenticeship levy? This is the man with the daunting task of implementing a new cross-government IT system for large employers to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Large employers’ apprenticeship levy cash should go into one pot to benefit firms of all sizes, AELP tells government Cash raised by the proposed new large employers’ apprenticeship levy should be combined with government funding in a central… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Skills Minister Nick Boles reveals government considering signing apprentices up to spread the careers guidance word Apprentices could be asked to sign contracts upon enrolment requiring them to deliver careers advice, Skills Minister Nick Boles… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
