News Professor Wolf tells of ‘unease’ at 16-19 GCSE exemption Study programmes architect Professor Alison Wolf has warned that a Department for Education (DfE) English and maths qualification exemption… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Gazelle departures prompt membership review Three colleges have revealed plans to leave the Gazelle College Group this month, taking the total number quitting before… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cable acts on apprentice rule after legal threat A “five-year rule” forcing early years apprentices to re-sit for qualifications they already had could be scrapped after a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Science museum hosts FE and skills technology talk Google glasses, YouTube and digital reward badges were all hot topics at a learning technology discussion group for FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentice training clash after NI break for bosses Unions and business leaders have clashed over the issue of investment in training after Chancellor George Osborne announced the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Red tape reduction efforts need ‘democratic scrutiny’ The failure of a government plan to make any major dent in £300m of FE and skills sector red… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal of cash-strapped college backs ‘look at finances’ plea for Ofsted The principal of a college recovering from financial difficulties has backed FE Commissioner Dr David Collins in his view… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Employers shamed for underpaying workers — including apprentices The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has named and shamed 25 employers for failing to pay the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bank of BIS launches emergency college loans General FE colleges turned away by the banks and facing financial meltdown have been thrown a possible lifeline with… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News BIS plan to cut £300m FE and skills red tape shaves just 2 pc off costs for providers, audit office finds A government plan to reduce £300m of FE and skill bureaucracy has come under fire from Public Accounts Committee… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Chancellor hands employers National Insurance break for apprentices aged 24 and below and promises £20m for careers advice Chancellor George Osborne today announced that employers will no longer have to pay national insurance contributions (NIC) on apprentices aged… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Second wave of maths upskilling courses planned for FE teachers The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) will run a second wave of training courses aimed at increasing the number… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
