News Stamps and envelopes in Hub meltdown plan The emergency plan that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) would set in motion if its online data collection system… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News NCG in the running to take on a4e after sale put forward Newcastle College Group (NCG) could be in line to take over troubled welfare-to-work provider A4e, FE Week can reveal…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Funding pulled from construction apprenticeships London-based construction training charity Building Lives claims 180 people currently on pre-employment training schemes face missing out on starting… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Traineeship financial incentive proposal rejected by government The government has rejected an employer and provider suggested proposal that traineeship learners should be offered a financial incentive… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Two colleges win school approvals from dfe as third prepares new plan Two colleges have been granted permission to open their own free schools in the latest wave of 49 free… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Finance key concern for commissioner reports Finance problems figured prominently in the two latest college inspection reports from FE Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured above left)…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Council told to drop skills offer The FE Commissioner has recommended that Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL) should offload its skills programmes after he was sent… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Chancellor told ‘no scope’ for more FE funding cuts The Association of Colleges (AoC) has told Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) there is “no scope” for further reductions to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Same time next year? The inaugural FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference went with such a bang, how could we not do it again… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Funding agency dishes out extra cash for improvement strategy The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has promised extra cash to support a struggling college’s improvement strategy, following a visit… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government identifies ‘potential risks’ for Trailblazer programme A government report on the apprentice Trailblazers has identified the emergence of “potential risks … that require national attention… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Report calls for FE inspection shift towards ‘self-regulation’ An Association of Colleges (AoC) report has called for “radical reforms” to the way FE provision is inspected, saying… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 835 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