News Growth in 25+ apprenticeship starts as older learner numbers return to pre-FE loan levels The proportion of 25+ apprenticeships has gone back up to levels last seen before the failed 24+ apprentice loans… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Apprenticeships quality to come under the House of Lords spotlight Apprenticeships will this week come under the spotlight in a House of Lords debate focussing on the quality and… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Public Accounts Committee to look at FE ‘financial meltdown’ Concerns the FE sector is heading for “financial meltdown” are set to be investigated by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Two official apprenticeship vacancy websites still live — months after one was due to close Two official apprenticeship vacancy websites are still running five months after one of them was said to be closing… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News FE Commissioner ends work at ‘back on track’ Barnfield and Weymouth Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins will be stepping back from involvement at previously troubled Barnfield College and Weymouth… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y 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 Newer 1 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 832 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 3d Anviksha Patel 3d 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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
