News Bright Assessing loses third and final appeal stage after ‘malpractice’ was found Awarding organisation NCFE (formerly the Northern Council for Further Education) has detailed evidence of alleged malpractice at Bright Assessing… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government announces traineeships in future could take less than three weeks The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed to FE Week that the traineeship minimum duration rule… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Careers guidance and financial support top ATL election manifesto priorities Good careers guidance, financial support for learners progressing to FE and an end to colleges being run for profit… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Baker in ‘no Neets’ plea as youth job hopes take centre stage The number of jobless young people is as its lowest level in five years, but at the Youth Employment… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Twitter row principal calls off CEO move A Hampshire principal caught up in a Twitter row in which BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson was labelled a c***… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Commissioner claims first scalp The FE Commissioner has claimed his first scalp with LeSoCo principal Maxine Room standing down at the end of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College bursary roll-overs stopped Colleges are to be stopped from rolling unspent 16 to 19 bursary money of more than £500 over into… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Free school meal pay-outs leave colleges feeling short-changed Colleges claim they have been left short-changed after learning how much money they will receive to pay for the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Former BIS chief in governance warning The former head of skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) has warned that entrepreneurial… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Providers in dark about job status of learners More than half of providers are failing to meet targets for collecting data about the employment status of their… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Learner lie-ins as college trials 10am starts Fancy a 10am start at work? Most would, and that’s what learners at North East Surrey College of Technology… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Bright storm continues as Highfield hits back An awarding organisation has hit back at claims by Bright Assessing chief executive Krissy Charles-Jones about its qualifications. She… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 749 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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