News Funding reform study finds employers unaware of apprenticeship costs Government research on apprenticeship funding reform proposals has found that employers were generally in the dark about how much… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Apprentices get new NUS-backed pressure group A new pressure group for apprentices has been launched by the National Union of Students (NUS). The National Society… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Apprenticeships to the rescue of the High Street Apprenticeships could help save the country’s “struggling” high streets, according to the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Providers will ‘no longer be able to force employers to take training they want to offer’, says Gove Routing apprenticeship funding directly to employers will mean providers can no longer “force employers to take whatever training they… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Labour taskforce calls for FE progression to determine schools funding Labour’s Skills Taskforce has called for school funding to be conditional on whether students progress into FE, employment or training…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Trailblazers, pay and loans all feature as leading apprenticeship figures meet Far-reaching government reforms were scrutinised at the Apprenticeship Debate, organised by Association of Education and Learning Providers (AELP). The… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Government funding agencies publish reports on Barnfield Federation The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and Education Funding Agency (EFA) have this afternoon published findings from their investigations into… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y 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 Newer 1 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 819 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
