News Exclusive: an FE Week Q&A with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock on apprenticeships Reforms, the minimum wage and 24+ loans are just three issues covered in an exclusive FE Week Q&A as… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News A view from the US on England’s apprenticeships, via Switzerland and Germany Bob Schwartz, professor of practice in educational policy and administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was appointed… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Two years after pilot success, at last it’s official — Exeter College is outstanding Exeter College need no longer bite its lip after watching Walsall College take credit for the first ‘outstanding’ Ofsted result… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Police will not investigate Barnfield Federation Police in Hertfordshire have announced they will pursue no criminal investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement at the Barnfield… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentice minimum wage cheat among those ‘named and shamed’ At least one apprentice employer was among the first batch to be “named and shamed” as the Department for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Young Neets rise draws RPA questions The government’s raising of the participation age (RPA) policy has been questioned after figures showed the number of unemployed… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentice scheme for 14 to 16-year-olds back before MPs as wage increase proposed Plans to revive the Young Apprenticeship Programme, offering 14 to 16-year-olds a work-based alternative to the classroom, are to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Functional Skills rejected in favour of GCSEs The government has come under fire for rejecting Functional Skills qualifications in favour of GCSEs in its entry requirements… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Outstanding college rapped over academy standards An academy backed by grade one-rated Walsall College has been warned by the government about “unacceptably low” standards. The… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Talks aiming to win JSA exemption for 18-year-olds The government is in talks to grant 18-year-olds an exemption that would allow them to take part in traineeships… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Provider told ‘stop running our quals’ by NCFE A Warwickshire-based provider has been ordered to stop running qualifications from a leading awarding organisation after it investigated allegations… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Tech group urges minister for online content quota All publicly-funded FE and skills courses should have a minimum of 10 per cent online content by 2015/16, a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 816 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
