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 1 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 850 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
