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 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 Newer 1 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 836 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo