News Students’ union ‘needs more ambition’ in putting FE funding case The National Union of Students’ National Conference took place in Liverpool this month and resulted in re-elections and new… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Privacy warning over biometric data collection The boss of a Leicester-based national subcontractor where learners have their finger measurements scanned to get into classrooms has… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Software and Leps in Spicer update Skills Funding Agency (SFA) interim chief executive Barbara Spicer has written to contractors with an update on a range… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New careers guidance rules ‘don’t go far enough’ New rules which mean schools will be forced to tell their pupils about FE and apprenticeships “don’t go far… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College steps in to save apprentices More than 160 engineering apprentices are set to be transferred to City College Norwich from an independent learning provider… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UCU and AoC continue pay talks A pay deal for college staff is yet to be agreed for the next academic year. The University and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Grade four LeSoCo gets new Ofsted blow A large London college has been criticised in a follow-up report on its inadequate Oftsed rating. LeSoCo, a 17,000-learner… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Free meal guidelines issued by Education Funding Agency Colleges will get £2.41 for every free meal served to a disadvantaged learner under a new system coming into… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Accounting most popular for FE loans Qualifications in accounting and youth work have proved the most popular for students taking out 24+ advanced learner loans,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Hancock hits back over FE funding cuts Skills Minister Matthew Hancock (pictured above) has hit back at criticism of government cuts, claiming it was “misleading” to say… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprentice funding plans rejected in consultation The full results of the government’s apprenticeship funding consultation last year have been released for the first time —… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Indy wins college plan go ahead An Essex-based independent learning provider is one step closer to opening the first new FE college in 20 years… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 750 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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
