News All systems go for 3m apprenticeship starts target as government plans take shape It’s all systems go to hit 3m apprenticeship starts as the government today revealed for the first time how… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Fall in number of young people not in education, employment or training Latest official figures have shown the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) in the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News MoJ pledges ‘urgent action’ after shocking regime of abuse uncovered at youth prison The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has pledged “urgent action” after inspectors visited a youth prison and uncovered a shocking… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News ‘Casualised’ work contracts damaging 40 pc of FE workers’ home-ownership hopes, UCU research finds Nearly 40 per cent of FE workers struggle to get a mortgage because of their “casualised” employment contracts, research… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Kwik Fit returns to outstanding status — but says ‘no plans’ to run traineeships again Garage chain Kwik Fit today returned to its former outstanding status with publication of its latest Ofsted report, having previously… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Report calls on government to extend providers’ prison learning contracts for a year The Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) has called on Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Justice Secretary Michael Gove to extend… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Two Devon colleges facing combined £4m budget shortfall for 2015/16 consider merger Two Devon-based colleges that need to make around £4m savings between them over the next academic year could merge…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New shadow challenger for Skills Minister Boles on DfE brief Labour’s John Woodcock has replaced Yvonne Fovargue as Shadow Education Minister for Young People. The MP for Barrow and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Farewells to sector ‘champion’ Sector leaders lined up to pay tribute to the efforts of former Business Secretary and self-proclaimed FE-saviour Dr Vince… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News As you are for Labour FE Labour’s top education and business teams have emerged from a post-election mini-reshuffle identical to their pre-election make-up. Acting Labour… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Question marks hover over BIS future Concerns about the future of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) may spark an investigation by a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Priory ordered to leave Trailblazer group Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave the healthcare employers’ Trailblazer group after it was hit with a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
