News Crackdown on fake apprenticeships welcomed The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) and the Association of Colleges (AoC) have welcomed a consultation the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Nottingham colleges merger to create 40,000-learner college following FE commissioner review Governors at New College Nottingham (NCN) and Central College Nottingham (CCN) have voted to merge the two institutions following… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New teachers’ gender pay gap revealed by ETF research Female teachers joining the sector are likely to get paid significantly less than their male counterparts, a study by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government responds to Lords’ digital report The government has committed to report back on its progress in improving digital skills next year in its response… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Study of colleges shows ‘encouraging’ texts dramatically cut dropout rates A study of three colleges has shown that sending regular encouraging text messages to learners can dramatically cut dropout… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New Apprenticeship Delivery Board announced A new Apprenticeship Delivery Board (ADB) is set to advise the government on how to reach its target of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News 26 new Trailblazer groups announced Film and TV, ceramics, veterinary nursing, and motorcycle manufacturing are among the industries that will be covered by 26… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Eight things we learned from the Skills Funding Agency’s annual accounts The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has released its annual accounts and report for 2014/15, so we had a comb… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dates announced for next year’s National Apprenticeship Week National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) will run next year from March 14 to 18. The dates for the ninth annual… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Five colleges announce ‘collaboration’ plans after pioneering area review Five FE and sixth form colleges facing “significant financial challenges” are “actively considering” collaboration plans, following a pioneering review… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Boles tasks Education and Training Foundation with functional skills ‘reform programme’ The Education and Training Foundation has been asked to draw up a “programme of reform” for functional skills qualifications,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Additional adult skills cuts account for just 13 per cent of required BIS savings Further cuts to college budgets will account for just 13 per cent of extra savings needed at the Department… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 12h Josh Mellor 12h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
