News What does the government’s productivity plan mean for FE and skills? The Treasury this morning published its eagerly-awaited productivity plan. Here, FE Week examines the main headlines for the FE and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lords social mobility committee looks at apprenticeships Careers advice, the government’s 3m apprenticeship target and impact of the FE funding cuts were at the top of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE lecturers in London for annual ATL conference Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers will meet in Central London today for its annual FE conference…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 Newer 1 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 831 Older Must read 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 5d Shane Chowen 5d Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
