News Hopes for end to confusion over official apprenticeship hunt websites Concerns that two official internet search engines for apprenticeships were causing confusion among potential applicants are expected to be… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News NCFE and LifeSkills get Sunday Times Top 100 recognition An awarding organisation and training company are celebrating after being recognised among the best places to work according to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Education ringfence meant 16 to 18 providers ‘missed out on £1.2bn’ since 2010 An extra £1.2bn could have been dished out to 16 to 18 providers since 2010 if the government’s education… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News FE colleges set for £61m for higher education next year General FE and sixth form colleges will receive £61m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News More colleges must pass the FE Commissioner test before guidance on ending his intervention, says BIS Principals will have to wait for more struggling colleges to emerge successfully from the FE Commissioner process before the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Ofqual launches consultation on life after QCF Ofqual is asking for views on its plans to replace the Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF), which is due to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ETF English and maths review finds Functional Skills ‘not broken’ The system of Functional Skills qualifications is “not broken, but could be improved,” according to the Education and Training… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government cuts could ‘decimate’ adult education by 2020, AoC warns Continued cuts to the adult skills budget risk wiping out adult education and training in England within five years,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New vocational research centre ‘won’t clash’ with Education and Training Foundation The government has outlined how its sees the role of a new Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) as different to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Loans plan on hold for review of ‘overall funding for skills provision’ Government plans to extend the reach of the FE loans system have been put on hold pending a review… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Government consultation on future of FE provides opportunity for more funding questions A wide-ranging government consultation on the future of FE that launched today has prompted sector calls for a rethink… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Inadequate-rated college follows through on FE Commissioner’s merger advice — leaving nearly 100 jobs in the balance Norton Radstock College’s proposed merger with City of Bath College will be made official next month in a move that… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 835 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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
