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 News Government apprenticeship reform adviser Doug Richard in court over child sex charges Former government adviser on apprenticeships Doug Richard appeared in court today to face child sex charges. Richard wore a… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Labour BIS and DfE shadows signal joined-up opposition with funding cuts pledge A more joined-up approach to opposition FE policy was signalled at the Labour Party conference as Angela Eagle and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sector gives BIS committee its views on the Productivity Plan The task of the first official inquiry of the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee is… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News ‘Consider all facts’ on new performance data measure before launching intervention action, urges AELP boss Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) chief executive Stewart Segal urged the government to ensure that “all the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Return on investment analysis now ‘priority’, says Gazelle Gazelle colleges have been told that proving their £15k membership fee is money well spent is now a “priority”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges with repeated deficits to speed up merger plans after FE Commissioner visit Two Midland colleges that are already in a federation have sped up plans to merge on the advice of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Soviet-style’ apprenticeship quality question The government’s record on improving the quality of the apprenticeships programme has come in for questioning. Falling success rates,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Another centre to address lack of FE research as UCL’s Institute of Education looks at post-14 education and work A third FE research centre has launched just a year after Professor Lady Alison Wolf decried how the sector… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principals have say their on the latest area reviews A further three post-16 education area reviews were announced late last month by the government, taking the number of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News CBI calls for Low Pay Commission-type body for levy rate The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) wants the rate for the government’s planned apprenticeship levy to be controlled by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 836 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
