News Stockton-based FE college joins with independent learning provider after 18 months of talks Stockton Riverside College has merged with independent learning provider (ILP) the NETA (formerly North East Training Association) Training Trust… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship levy consultation fails to include ‘critical issues’, says CBI The UK’s leading employers’ organisation has criticised the government’s new apprenticeship levy consultation for failing to explore the cost… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News AELP questions sense of GCSE maths and English resits after fall in pass rate for 17-year-olds The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has questioned the sense of forcing resits on learners who fail… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Number of young people not in education, employment or training falls again Latest official statistics have shown the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) in the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ten new Careers Colleges set to open at existing FE colleges Six FE colleges are preparing to open 10 new Careers Colleges over the next two academic years, with the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Charity wants employers that train young care leavers to get higher returns from apprenticeship levy A charity has called for employers that train young care leavers to receive a larger financial return on planned… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Young benefits claimants who can’t find work will be forced onto apprenticeships or traineeships The government’s new Earn or Learn Taskforce will oversee plans to force young benefits claimants onto apprenticeships or traineeships… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sao Paulo you beauty! Triple UK gold crowned with best WorldSkills competitor first Three golds were crowned with an illustrious first for TeamUK as beauty therapist Rianne Chester was handed the award… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News National training provider and major retailer both ‘inadequate’ says Ofsted A national training provider has plummeted from an Ofsted outstanding rating to inadequate, while employer provider Next has also been… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Day 2 WorldSkills | TeamUK competitor’s shipments of Brazilian plaster and months of training in attempt for gold Some ingenious thinking about the difference between British and Brazilian plaster could lead TeamUK competitor Robert Johnson to gold…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Video | Team UK’s journey so far at World Skills 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIWi7TabLVE FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA moratorium on approval of new qualifications will ’cause havoc’ warns sector chief The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will enforce a “moratorium” on the approval of qualifications until plans to “simplify and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 840 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo