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 News College is prepared to take on learners after academy trust drops plans for school sixth form The principal of an FE college is planning to take-on students left stranded after an academy trust dropped plans… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Singing FE lecturer shortlisted for $1m best teacher in world prize A singing science lecturer from Middlesbrough College is in the running for a $1m first-prize after making the top… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Miliband announces that Labour would protect 16 to 19 funding A Labour government would protect 16 to 19 education as part of plans to protect the entire Department for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Miliband to stand by Labour’s controversial plans to scrap apprenticeships below level three Labour leader Ed Miliband is set to stand by his party’s controversial pledge to scrap apprenticeships of less than two… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Niace proposes £100m ‘advancement service’ for low-paid workers – with poll The government should top-slice from skills and careers budgets to pay for coaches to help people out of low-paid… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News MPs write to Nicky Morgan over sixth form colleges VAT exemption More than 70 MPs have written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan calling for sixth form colleges to be exempted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Less than a quarter of quals win appeal against SFA cull Less than one-in-four qualifications listed as in danger of the public funding axe last year have survived the latest… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 21h Josh Mellor 21h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
