News Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in bid to keep London colleges apart Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has tried to warn City and Islington College governors against plans to merge with Westminster… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Funding threat hangs over providers who missed topslice declaration deadline The Skills Funding Agency was today looking into whether it would suspend funding for lead providers who flouted a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Area reviews question over academy VAT move Sixth Form College (SFC) leaders were today in the dark about whether Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement they could become… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Employer engagement hopes with £3bn levy Sector leaders have reacted positively after Chancellor George Osborne fleshed out how the new apprenticeship levy on large firms… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Finances on the mend at New College Nottingham The FE Commissioner has finished his work at New College Nottingham (NCN) after overseeing dramatic improvement with its financial… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Whitehall uncertainty over 19+ FE loans while clarity needed over £160m savings from 16-19 funding Chancellor George Osborne’s extension of the FE loans system to 19 to 23-year-olds is a source of just as… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Much-feared Budget looks positive for adult skills budget — but what could the new 19-plus FE loans mean? Further education loans were extended to the 19+ age group in a positive-looking Spending Review that many feared could… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Skills Show 2015 sees record number of visitors — up 44 pc Record numbers of young people, teachers and parents visited the Skills Show in Birmingham last week, with figures for… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News More than 100 young people one step closer to WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 after qualifying for UK squad Nearly 150 young people are one step closer to taking on the world’s best, having been listed among the… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Learndirect topslices almost £50m from subcontractors over two years as average management fee rises to 36 per cent Figures that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) demanded be published by today have revealed that Learndirect top-sliced almost £50m… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Where does your college sit in the FE Week 2015/16 adult apprenticeship allocations table? The exclusive front page story in FE Week edition 154 on startlingly low levels of apprenticeship delivery among some… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lady Alison Wolf issues ‘headless chickens’ warning over Government’s 3m apprenticeship target Government adviser Professor Lady Alison Wolf (pictured above) has admitted harbouring serious doubts about David Cameron’s 3m apprenticeship starts… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 853 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 4w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 4w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo 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
