News Prime Minister unveils plans to ramp up public sector apprentice numbers Prime Minister David Cameron is tomorrow expected to unveil plans for 2.3 per cent of staff in large public… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Channel Four programme claims high street giant Next saved £2.5m in wages employing hundreds of low paid apprentices High Street giant Next slashed £2.5m off its wage bill by employing hundreds of low-earning apprentices, according to a… FE Week 10y FE Week 10y News Ofsted identifies improvement at horror youth prison Ofsted inspectors who uncovered “degrading treatment, racist comments and care from staff under the influence of illegal drugs” at… FE Week 10y FE Week 10y News Funding cut for back-to-work support Providers have been warned that government funding to help long-term unemployed people back into work was likely to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Unison to ballot workers in FE colleges in row over pay Trade union Unison will ballot FE workers in England in the New Year, in the latest development of an… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Annual Ofsted report exposes FE maths and English issues Ofsted deputy director for FE and skills Paul Joyce has outlined how the story of the education watchdog’s 2014/15… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Exclusive: Lep areas revealed for first round of invitations to tender for delayed ESF contracts These are the first areas which the will be involved in the first round of long-awaited invitations to tender… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Social mobility tsar Alan Milburn labels FE an ‘absolute jungle’ Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission chair Alan Milburn (pictured above) has told a Lords committee how the FE… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College principal’s ‘regret’ at studio school closures over low pupil numbers The principal of a Midland college behind two studio schools struggling with low pupil numbers has told of her… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Bankruptcy warning on Saudi college ventures English colleges who set up new learner ventures in Saudi Arabia as part of multi-million pound deals could be… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News BIS report hails ‘substantial impact’ of FE on unemployed A government report has hailed the “substantial impact” of FE in getting unemployed people back into work — and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Launch date finally set for first round of invitations to tender for Euro skills contracts The launch date for the first round of long-overdue invitations to tender for European Social Fund (ESF) contracts has… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 851 Older Must read 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
