News NUS report paints bleak picture of ‘exploited’ apprentices The National Union of Students (NUS) has issued a damning report on the issue of apprentice pay, branding the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘More resources’ defence to digital criticism The Association of Colleges (AoC) has defended its members’ efforts to meet business needs for a digitally skilled workforce… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Feltag review says leaders have power to ‘make tech happen’ Further education leaders must be at the forefront of improving technology use in the sector and implementing the recommendations… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Funding fears as leps document reveals ‘relationship’ requirement Colleges could lose out on funding if local enterprise partnerships (Leps) don’t engage with them, Association of Colleges chief… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Parties challenged on ‘experiential careers advice’ Skills Show organisers Find a Future have challenged political parties to promise young people access to “experiential careers advice”…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government scraps ‘deterrent’ apprentice rule A controversial five-year rule that has put off “hundreds” of potential apprentices by forcing them to re-sit GCSEs they… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner visits first two local authority providers The FE Commissioner has made his first two visits to inspect local authority provision, FE Week can reveal. Dr… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Niace and Inclusion merger casts jobs shadow Staff at the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (Inclusion)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Careers advice hotline brought under one roof Careers advice hotline services for young people and adults are to be brought under one roof after Serco was… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Supporting part-time teachers The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) has handed fellowship grants, worth up to £40,000-each, to four senior figures… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted halving number of FE reports per year Ofsted has announced plans to halve the number of times it publishes official FE statistics to two a year… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Outstanding London provider achieves top marks across the board from Ofsted East London Advanced Technology Training (ELATT) has scored top marks across the board to secure a grade one rating… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 832 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
