News Apprenticeship week keenness at Milton Keynes Staff at Milton Keynes College were among thousands of sector workers up and down the country to have set… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lords celebration for foundation learners The success of nearly 90 learners helped by the Helena Kennedy Foundation to overcome a variety of obstacles was… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Complete the overhaul of apprenticeships, small businesses group tells parties A challenge to complete the “overhaul” of apprenticeships is being put to the next government, as National Apprenticeship Week… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Develop ‘world class apprenticeships’ to tackle global productivity shortfall, report urges World class apprenticeships should be developed to solve a “productivity shortfall”, the International Skills Standards Organisation (INSSO) has claimed…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused on numbers over quality, commissioner finds Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused too much on getting students through the doors and not of the quality of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News A4E up for sale Welfare-to-work provider A4E, which in January saw several employees found guilty of fraud, has been put up for sale…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Clegg marks National Apprenticeship Week Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called on young people and employers to “get an apprenticeship” ahead of National… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College governance challenge set to ‘intensify’ with 24 pc funding cut warns union as BIS concedes spending reductions’ ‘profound’ effect on boards Next academic year’s 24 per cent FE funding cut will “intensify” the challenges faced by college governors, the University… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Local government thinktank’s ‘Heseltine-plus’ report calls for ‘abolition of the SFA’ and acknowledges FE representation on Lep boards an ‘urgent issue’ The abolition of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) within just over a year has been proposed by a local… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Apprenticeships commission puts colleges forward as solution to schools’ vocational offer for ‘all’ 14 to 16-year-olds All 14 to 16-year-olds should be able to study a vocational subject at school – and colleges could hold the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Scores of FE colleges involved in £3.75m project to boost sector’s higher education staff Almost 50 FE colleges will take part in a £3.75m project to help ensure industry knowledge is passed on by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Audit office FE finances probe should examine 24pc cut plans, say college leaders College leaders have called for a government National Audit Office (NAO) probe into college financial sustainability to consider the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 832 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 13h Anviksha Patel 13h 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
