News Ed Miliband to pledge ‘apprenticeship guarantee’ to deliver 80,000 extra annual starts by 2020 An “apprenticeship guarantee” will create 80,000 more starts a year by 2020 if Labour forms a government in May,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College is prepared to take on learners after academy trust drops plans for school sixth form The principal of an FE college is planning to take-on students left stranded after an academy trust dropped plans… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Singing FE lecturer shortlisted for $1m best teacher in world prize A singing science lecturer from Middlesbrough College is in the running for a $1m first-prize after making the top… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Miliband announces that Labour would protect 16 to 19 funding A Labour government would protect 16 to 19 education as part of plans to protect the entire Department for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Miliband to stand by Labour’s controversial plans to scrap apprenticeships below level three Labour leader Ed Miliband is set to stand by his party’s controversial pledge to scrap apprenticeships of less than two… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Niace proposes £100m ‘advancement service’ for low-paid workers – with poll The government should top-slice from skills and careers budgets to pay for coaches to help people out of low-paid… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News MPs write to Nicky Morgan over sixth form colleges VAT exemption More than 70 MPs have written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan calling for sixth form colleges to be exempted… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Less than a quarter of quals win appeal against SFA cull Less than one-in-four qualifications listed as in danger of the public funding axe last year have survived the latest… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Traineeship action call as ‘up to 40 pc’ say no to delivery Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge has called for government action to boost traineeships after official figures showed take-up among… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fracking vote ‘won’t affect’ National college plans Leaders of the new National College for Onshore Oil and Gas have played down the possibility of a local… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Learners and staff among creditors £800k out of pocket by Bright demise Learners, staff and other creditors are expected to be left around £800k out of pocket with the demise of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College told to give up inadequate-rated academy An FE college in Suffolk has been ordered to hand over its 11 to 16 academy to new sponsors… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 806 Older Must read Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo