News New report calls for more ‘earning and learning’ in bid to cut youth unemployment A report out today from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills has called for more ‘earning and learning’… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News New EFA guidance for providers confirms English and maths funding requirement from 2014/15 The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has today published guidance that confirms new funding requirements for English and maths. Its post-16… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ‘Catch-up’ criticism over tech bacc Labour has accused the Conservatives of playing “catch-up” on tech baccs after just five colleges were revealed to be… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Loans plan could see full costs hit 19 to 23s The government is considering extending the FE loans system to cover level two qualifications and more learners as it… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Second college in fortnight bouncing back from grading disappointment A second major English college in less than a fortnight has recorded an improved Ofsted grade after previously slumping… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Counselling pensioner Robert a winning learner A 79-year-old who counsels people with mental health issues and a 22-year-old who has started a charity to promote… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Parties respond to adult learner manifesto recommendations Leading political figures responded on behalf of their parties to calls from the National Institute of Continuing Education (Niace)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges under fire over Gazelle’s £3.5m A month-long FE Week investigation into multi-million pound funding of Gazelle by UK colleges has resulted in criticism that… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Skills Funding Agency job cuts ‘ideological’ A programme of job cuts at the Skills Funding Agency has been attacked as “ideological” by MPs who warned… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Pay cut fears for apprentices Fears have emerged that government proposals to streamline “difficult” minimum wage rates for apprentices could lead to lower pay…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Progression payment for traineeships The government has launched a long-awaited consultation on moving to a new traineeship funding system in which providers are… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Full-time learner concerns lead to EFA review on planned hours Fears that a new planned hours system of funding 16 to 19 study programmes was being misused have prompted… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 829 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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
