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 11y Nick Linford 11y 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 11y FE Week Reporter 11y 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 11y FE Week Reporter 11y 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 11y FE Week Reporter 11y 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 Newer 1 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 848 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1w Jessica Hill 1w Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
