News, News in Brief YPLA expresses ‘major concerns’ over government funding consultations On the 13th April 2011 the Department for Education (DfE) published two funding consultations presenting high level principles for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News MP calls for bankers’ bonuses to provide Apprenticeships for jobless youngsters A Labour MP is urging the government to provide apprenticeships for jobless youngsters with small businesses – by using… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cuts in FE to ‘hit women and black and ethnic minorities hardest’ Current and planned cuts in further education will hit women and black and ethnic minorities harder than most according to the Woman’s… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Funding agency fears over fraud The Skills Funding Agency has promised a crackdown on fraud and misuse of public money in the FE and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Morrisons, Elmfield and the over-25 apprentices Morrisons boasts that it is the UK’s biggest provider of apprenticeships, although in reality the funding is claimed from… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Surge in the over-25s sees record rise in apprentices The Government’s apprenticeship recruitment target of 203,200 for the financial year to March 2011 was exceeded by 54,000, John… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Peter Jones Academy hitting the headlines BBC Dragon, entrepreneur and now further education celebrity, Peter Jones has been bringing FE into the nationals this week… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Justifying the subcontracting top-slice Colleges are increasingly at risk of being percieved to be ripping off partners by “top-slicing” 30 per cent or… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News, News in Brief Daily Mirror probes subcontracting “scandal” The award-winning Daily Mirror Investigations team, Andrew Penman and Nick Sommerlad, this week launched an in-depth probe into the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News LSIS Leading the Learner Voice Award winners in full Last night was LSIS’s annual ‘Leading the Learner Voice Awards’. The awards were created to recognise the contributions that… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE wears the cloak of invisibility at education festival The second annual Sunday Times Education Festival was held at the much lauded Wellington College on the Surrey /… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News, News in Brief 16-18 funding continues The Young People’s Learning Agency has confirmed they will, in exceptional circumstances, continue to fund non-accredited provision for 16-18… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 Older Must read Colleges, Exams Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time Jason Noble 3d Jason Noble 3d News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 3d Jason Noble 3d Colleges Union rejects AoC’s ‘totally unacceptable’ new pay offer for college staff The pay offer has been upped to 2.5% from 2.25% Jason Noble 6d Jason Noble 6d Next 3 stories Funding Soaring inflation wipes out skills budget boost Ministers have been urged to immediately add an extra £350 million a year in skills funding on top of… Will Nott 1w Will Nott 1w News Times Education Commission adds voice to calls for new ‘baccalaureate’ It is estimated to cost the government an extra £1.2bn a year Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges Major review launched to bring colleges back into public sector After ten years in the private sector, the ONS are now considering whether to reclassify colleges as public sector… Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w
