News SFA unable to say when monthly provider payment system will go live again having completed five-day planned closure UPDATE: 8.17AM Wednesday, July 29 (see foot of story) The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) said it has “no timescale”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Provider denies training learners who ‘had no choice’ in becoming apprentices An Oldham training provider has rejected accusations from Ofsted that it was taking on apprentices who did not wish… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA ‘in range’ of BIS review commissioned by Business Secretary Sajid Javid The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is subject to an “efficiency and effectiveness” review that is looking at all bodies… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Crackdown on fake apprenticeships welcomed The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) and the Association of Colleges (AoC) have welcomed a consultation the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Nottingham colleges merger to create 40,000-learner college following FE commissioner review Governors at New College Nottingham (NCN) and Central College Nottingham (CCN) have voted to merge the two institutions following… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New teachers’ gender pay gap revealed by ETF research Female teachers joining the sector are likely to get paid significantly less than their male counterparts, a study by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government responds to Lords’ digital report The government has committed to report back on its progress in improving digital skills next year in its response… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Study of colleges shows ‘encouraging’ texts dramatically cut dropout rates A study of three colleges has shown that sending regular encouraging text messages to learners can dramatically cut dropout… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New Apprenticeship Delivery Board announced A new Apprenticeship Delivery Board (ADB) is set to advise the government on how to reach its target of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 26 new Trailblazer groups announced Film and TV, ceramics, veterinary nursing, and motorcycle manufacturing are among the industries that will be covered by 26… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Eight things we learned from the Skills Funding Agency’s annual accounts The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has released its annual accounts and report for 2014/15, so we had a comb… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Dates announced for next year’s National Apprenticeship Week National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) will run next year from March 14 to 18. The dates for the ninth annual… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
