News Fifth apprenticeship consultation in four years to launch as government seeks views on levy The government is set to embark on its fifth review of apprenticeships in just four years after plans for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Funding agency unable to approve growth requests after Budget — despite assurances The Skills Funding Agency was today unable to say when providers would learn if their quarter three growth requests… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News LIVE: Summer budget reaction George’s Osborne’s budget today included plans for an apprenticeship levy, a living wage which could reach £9 per hour… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Summer budget: Osborne announces apprenticeship levy for large businesses A levy on large businesses to help fund apprenticeship growth has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne. Mr Osborne’s… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New Lords committee on social mobility set to look into apprenticeships A newly-established House of Lords committee on social mobility launches its first investigation tomorrow — and apprenticeships are set to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News What to expect from FE’s most feared Budget It’s less than 24 hours to go before what is possibly the FE and skills sector’s most feared Budget… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News On your marks, get set, go! — apprentices’ Brathay challenge final gets underway This week learners from up and down the country are battling to be crowned apprentice team of the year… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News TUC general secretary tells Unionlearn conference that fighting FE cuts is ‘first priority’ Trade Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady told delegates at the Unionlearn conference that fighting the “false economy of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Clock ticks down to start of Team UK’s Brazilian WorldSkills adventure The clock is well and truly ticking with 880 hours to go before the UK’s top apprentices jet off… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Barnfield academy chain gets new name The academy trust that was built up by Barnfield College has announced plans to sever its last link with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges’ race record in question College leaders have been urged to make the promotion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) principals a “priority”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Functional skills fight after GCSE entry requirement u-turn Childcare apprenticeship providers were today hoping a government announcement on GCSE equivalences “in due course” might provide a second… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 829 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
