News

Budget confirms 2017 roll-out of apprenticeship vouchers as FE sector braces for more cuts

New “digital apprenticeship vouchers” will be introduced in 2017, the government confirmed today as sector bodies raised concerns about…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Jan Hodges announces Edge Foundation retirement

Edge Foundation chief executive Jan Hodges OBE today announced her retirement next month after a 35-year career in education….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Sector welcomes ‘biggest ever’ apprentice minimum wage rise

An inflation-busting 20 per cent rise in the national minimum wage for apprentices announced today by Prime Minister David…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Number 10 reveals apprenticeship funding reform ahead of Budget

The two-year apprenticeship funding reform saga in which employers were expected to be handed government money to pay for…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

European states rely on QCF to recognise English apprenticeships, DWP official admits

The method used by other European states to recognise English apprenticeships relies on the doomed Qualifications and Credit Framework…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Education committee calls for careers advice to be ‘high up the agenda’ in next parliament

Careers advice should be “high up the agenda” in the next parliament, the House of Commons education select committee…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


News

Providers escape ‘£2m’ bill as fee plan dropped

Apprenticeship providers have escaped a potential sector bill of more than £2m after the body which issues completion certificates…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel