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 News Unionlearn rejects Labour apprenticeship policy as AELP looks five years ahead Labour proposals to abolish level two apprenticeships were rejected by Unionlearn at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Report calls for apprenticeships to be ‘re-made’ to meet new outcomes Apprenticeships should be “re-made” to give learners expertise, resourcefulness, craftsmanship, business-like attitudes and wider skills for growth, according to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges ‘not meeting employer needs’ on digital skills, Lords warn Further education colleges are failing to meet employer needs when it comes to digital skills, an influential group of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Niace sets out demands for FE in budget submission The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has demanded that the next budget tackle the “crisis” facing adult skills… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ed Miliband to pledge ‘apprenticeship guarantee’ to deliver 80,000 extra annual starts by 2020 An “apprenticeship guarantee” will create 80,000 more starts a year by 2020 if Labour forms a government in May,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 835 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
