News Sixth form colleges set to lose criminal record-checking service Sixth form colleges have been told they will have to find a new way of checking whether potential staff… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Funding error reports to be sent to providers after request from advisory group The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is to send out tailored data return error reports in response to recommendations from… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Awarding organisation NCFE purchases Cache Awarding organisation NCFE has bought the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (Cache) for an undisclosed sum,… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Early years education sector sees latest DfE U-turn on GCSE entry requirement The government today revealed it had undertaken the latest in a series of early years educator (EYE) U-turns by… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Frustration grows among providers as SFA apprenticeship website remains closed — three days after maintenance UPDATE AT 8.24AM Friday, July 31: Apprenticeship vacancy matching service up and running (see foot of story) Frustration is… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Employers free to call anything they want an ‘apprenticeship’ — despite government plans for new laws to protect the brand Employers have escaped the reach of a government clampdown on “misuse” of the word apprenticeship, it has emerged. Companies… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former Newcastle College student found guilty of plotting campus mass murder A former Newcastle College learner has been found guilty of plotting mass murder on campus. Liam Lyburd, aged 19, of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Thirty apprentice employers shamed as not even paying £2.73 an-hour Thirty companies who failed to pay apprentices at least the minimum wage were included in a list of 75 employers… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Further education and skills represented in PM’s trade delegation to Singapore and Malaysia The UK FE and skills sector is represented in a four-day trade delegation to Singapore and Malaysia led by… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Lib Dems announce education and business appointments The Liberal Democrats have appointed their new spokespeople for education and business. Southport MP John Pugh will provide the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Court appearance and fine could await providers who run fake apprenticeships The shame of an appearance at the local Magistrates’ Court along with a fine would be the future for… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Careers guidance issue raised as scorecards to rate councils on tracking young people’s education and employment status welcomed New scorecards that rate local authorities for their performance in helping young people into employment or training and tracking their… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 830 Older Must read 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 3d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 Next 3 stories 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 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
