News ‘Light-bulb moments’ figure in final IfL survey The results of the final Institute for Learning (IfL) survey of teachers and trainers in FE and skills are presented… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Adult skills budget going on ‘wrong sort of IT’ Further education colleges have a vital role to play in bringing digital skills qualifications up to date to boost… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Reform warning as apprenticeships plummet Apprenticeship funding reforms have been thrust back into the spotlight after government figures indicated the programme was heading for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship starts fall by more than 60,000, according to government figures All-age apprenticeships starts fell by 13 per cent last year according to provisional government data released this morning. The… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AELP to demand continued investment in skills at autumn conference The government will face calls for continued investment in FE and skills when sector leaders meet in Birmingham today…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Up front accreditation of quals to end next month, Ofqual boss reveals The requirement for qualifications to be accredited by Ofqual before they are regulated will be lifted from next month,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College strike off after High Court rules in AoC’s favour A planned strike by staff at colleges in England has been called off after the High Court handed down… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Unsustained’ initiatives and ‘inability to learn lessons’ affecting skills system, report warns Further education and skills has been marred by frequent change and “unsustained” initiatives, and a “lack of organisational memory”… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Liberal Democrat party conference : Apprentice minimum wage pledge from Business Secretary Plans to boost apprentices’ pay by more than £1 an-hour have been cautiously welcomed amid concerns the rise could… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted reinspection timeframe halved Ofsted proposals to halve the time between inspections of good FE and skills providers have been questioned by the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New policy behind rise in gcse resitters at college Learners are turning to FE after being refused entry to school sixth forms following a change in government policy,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA ‘top-up’ on Esol welcomed — but concern for 2015/16 A Skills Funding Agency (SFA) move to allow “topping-up” on funding for new English for Speakers of Other Languages… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 829 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