News Apprenticeship success rates fall nearly 5pc points Last week, FE Week revealed the best and worst success rates performers for classroom-based provision in 2013/14 — and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Event aims to boost female tech skills Greater collaboration between FE and business could help to encourage more women into digital industries, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Third of Intraining workforce hit as 450 jobs set for axe More than a third of the workforce at NCG’s 1,200-worker Intraining division were today facing redundancy following one of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Don’t scrap GCSEs without ‘coherent’ 14 to 19 overview, Labour adviser warns Labour plans to replace GCSEs with a “national baccalaureate” with both academic and technical routes will only work if… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president wins NUS election Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president Shakira Martin was today elected as the next National Union of Students (NUS)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Anti-terrorism website launches for FE and skills providers The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) today 0fficially unveiled a new website to help FE and skills providers stop… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Croydon unveils new free school plans Croydon College has revealed its revamped free school proposal in its second attempt to open its own secondary school…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Functional Skills first reveals just 63pc achievement Nearly 40 per cent of under 19 Functional Skills (FS) enrolments at general FE and tertiary colleges and independent… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Achievement’ for levels two and three down since 2010 Level two and three “total achievement” levels for people aged 19 and above have declined over the last five… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Closure of third-full UTC prompts wider review call College sector leaders have called for a review of the drive for more University Technical Colleges (UTC) after one… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Coalition parties let manifesto differences get between them Funding increases, University Technical Colleges (UTCs) near every English city, a commission on funding for lifelong learning and millions… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFAsteps in for campus revamp go ahead at cash-strapped college A cash-strapped East Midlands college’s plans for a multimillion pound campus revamp have been saved after the Skills Funding… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 807 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo