News Sector welcomes alignment plans for traineeships Government moves to align traineeship rules for 16 to 18 and 19 to 24-year-olds have been welcomed by the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner in FE funding support call The government should look at shifting schools funding to colleges as they struggle to cope with more learners re-sitting… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Outstanding across the board Two independent learning providers (ILPs), one offering IT and accountancy apprenticeships and the other training the nation’s future tennis… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Engage with colleges, Wilshaw tells employers Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has challenged employers to engage more with colleges in an effort to bridge the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lambeth College walkout Staff at Lambeth College have voted in favour of a new walkout over employment contracts — just six months… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sector stumps up £11k for charity at conference auction More than £11,000 was raised for the Helena Kennedy Foundation at the FE Week annual charity auction. The great… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Boles in FE loans expansion hint in digital skills hearing Skills Minister Nick Boles has hinted that the FE loans system was heading for expansion — as the sector… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ETF reviews maths and English The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is to review teaching and accreditation of maths and English for learners unable… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges should lead skills gap charge Colleges need to “face up to their responsibilities” and make FE the sector one that “gets people into work,”… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Beacons of the sector Fourteen FE colleges were winners at the Beacon Awards, They were announced at the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Thinktank calls for policy road map for digital techonology The FE sector needs a “policy roadmap” to ensure best use of digital technology, a report launched last week… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Leps Network chair warns of closure after over-worked chief executive resigns amid lack of resources The organisation that oversees the work of Local Enterprise Partnerships (Leps) is in crisis following the resignation of its… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 829 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
