News More strikes threatened Further strike action at sixth form colleges could be on the cards after a walkout by staff on Thursday… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Staff unsure of under fire principal’s future Staff at a college in the South West are in the dark about the future of their principal after… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Councils face Hancock’s wrath over teen tracking Nine more councils are to get a slap on the wrist over their tracking of 16 and 17-year-olds, just… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Traineeship figures revealed for first time The government has said traineeships were “off to a good start” as it revealed 3,300 starts in six months. It… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sixth form college staff walk out over pay and conditions Sixth form college teachers up and down the country have walked out of work as part of a strike by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Is FE and skills on board the Lep drive and does it even need to be? Local enterprise partnerships seemed to be the next big thing for FE and skills in late 2012 when Lord… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News The Great FE & Skills Survey of 2014 The Great FE & Skills Survey of 2014 has been launched. The state-of-the-nation survey, which is a joint project… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges hit with pensions bill rise A 16 per cent hike in employer pension contributions next year could cost the college sector tens of millions… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News No competition for ‘transparency’ role The chair of a new board established by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) to ensure transparency was appointed… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Adult budget cuts prompt rethink call The government has been urged to rethink its approach to funding for FE after it was revealed learning providers… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Elmfield probe results ‘with minister’ The findings of an official investigation into defunct training provider Elmfield are on the desk of Skills Minister Matthew… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges and schools to get ‘robust comparisons’ regime Further education leaders have welcomed Ofsted plans that would allow parents and learners to compare the post-16 performance of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 749 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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
