News Roll on the General Election Apprenticeships were on the agenda as David Cameron hit the campaign trail in West Yorkshire on Thursday (April 9)…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Spring awards see college learners’ efforts praised [slideshow_deploy id=’34316′] College learners received the red carpet treatment as their outstanding achievements were celebrated at the FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Threefold increase in £200k-plus principal posts The number of colleges paying out upwards of £200k on their principal posts rocketed threefold last academic year, FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Labour plan face-to-face careers advice for all teenagers to include ‘high quality apprenticeship’ guidance Sector leaders have welcomed Labour plans announced today to give every teenager face-to-face careers advice — including guidance on… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Slapped wrists for Ucas after breach of electronic marketing rules by ‘wrongly’ signing college learners up for advertising Learners who used the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) to apply for higher education courses at FE colleges… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Provider hit with grade four rating after just one apprenticeship achievement in two years An independent learning provider that has seen just one learner achieve an apprenticeship since it started running the programme almost… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News SFA relaxes traineeship subcontractor rules while DWP ‘increases access’ for young JSA claimants The Skills Funding Agency has relaxed its rules on new traineeship subcontracting to allow all grade three-rated and non-inspected… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New toolkit launched to help FE providers comply with rules on radicalisation A toolkit aimed at helping colleges and independent learning providers comply with new government rules on preventing radicalisation has been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges defend subcontracting agreements with ‘cult’ school chain Two FE colleges have defended their dealings with a religious school chain denounced as a “cult” by former members and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lewisham Southwark College gets two-inadequates-in-a-row first as pace of improvement criticised Lewisham Southwark College has been given the ignominious honour of becoming the first FE and skills provider to be branded… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC demands investigation by MPs after review reveals 37 per cent starts success in £340m employer ownership of skills pilot The Association of Colleges (AoC) has demanded an inquiry by MPs in the next Parliament into a “waste of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ex-A4e workers jailed over £300k taxpayer fraud Five former A4e workers have been jailed for their parts in a back-to-work scheme fraud that cost the taxpayer nearly… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 832 Older Must read 16-19 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 17h Anviksha Patel 17h News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
