News Election countdown brings AELP call for more joined-up policy on youth unemployment Greater integration of government policy on youth unemployment is among the priorities for the Association of Employment and Learning… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Process document offers glimpse of inner-workings of new FE Commissioner role Providers have been offered an insight into the work of FE Commissioner Dr David Collins with the publication of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ex-Barnfield boss talks ghost learners, financial probes and the Audi pay-off In June 2005, Peter Birkett joined Barnfield College as principal. But six years later, having been knighted for “services… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Party politics worry over new quality mark Senior FE and skills figures have told of their concerns that the sector’s new chartered status quality mark could… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Bosses face apprentice bill of up to £9k Providers could receive up to £27,000 for every apprentice they train — but £9,000 of that cash would have… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Two providers keep EFA contracts despite grade 4s Two out of eight providers hit with an Ofsted grade four rating since February last year have been allowed… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Esol hold-up welcomed amid new qual concerns The extension of existing funding rules and postponement of new qualifications for English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Scores of colleges ‘interested’ in career college opportunities More than 40 colleges have expressed an interest in opening a Career College since proposals for the new form… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principal vows to protect learners from strike The principal of Lambeth College has vowed to protect learners from an indefinite strike planned this week — but… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New apprentice funding model ‘no simple system’ The newly-announced apprenticeship funding system in which employers will contribute 33 per cent of the cash has been described… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted calls time on privatised inspection regime for FE and schools Ofsted inspections of FE and skills providers and schools will no longer be carried out by private contractors from… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Employers to fork out for a third of apprenticeship training as government tells bosses to pay providers for first time Employers will be expected to pay a third of the provider costs for apprenticeship, it was announced today. The… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 750 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Politics Exclusive Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’ Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo
