News Leps need more responsibility and funding to deliver on digital skills, adult education chief tells Lords Local enterprise partnerships (Leps) should be given more responsibility and funding to point learners in the direction of opportunities… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Teen apprenticeship numbers could be hit by making employers pay, National Audit Office warns Government plans to make employers pay for up to a third of the training for 16 to 18 apprenticeships… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Police investigate after college website hacked to promote Islamic militants A college website inadvertently gave its support to the militant group Islamic State (ISIS) after it was hacked, prompting… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New awarding body steps in to certificate 500 of the more than 30,000 paying learners left stranded A troubled provider which has been struggling to get courses certificated has been approved by a new awarding body… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Colleges to step in as school plans to scrap its sixth form provision Local colleges are ready to take on A-level students from a school sixth form set to close because of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News The north continues to dominate as DfE release names of colleges that can recruit full-time 14 to 15-year-olds A further nine colleges have been given permission to recruit full-time 14 to 15-year-olds this September, the second year… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills Minister speaks at ceremony launching first new FE college for over 20 years Skills Minister Nick Boles visited Essex to mark the “milestone” transformation of Prospects Learning Foundation in to the first… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Sector concern after Skills Funding Agency list a further 174 qualifications facing the axe The government has been warned by FE sector leaders against making “simplistic decisions” that could limit funding to qualifications for… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Math teacher training fund divides opinion after colleges with notice of financial concern are barred A new maths teacher training fund which will exclude the most cash-strapped colleges doesn’t add up, according to the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News FE loan applications show no sign of a late summer rush Two FE bodies have warned that the low take-up of 24+ loans shows the scheme should not be extended until… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News AoC and AELP unite in warning BIS FE loan extension plan could hit learner numbers The proposed expansion of the FE loans system to cover to cover level two qualifications and also younger learners could… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Reed recruitment agency stops re-selling My Distance Learning College courses amid row over 32,000 paying-learner certificates A major recruitment agency has stopped re-selling courses run by troubled Rotherham-based provider My Distance Learning College (MDLC) amid… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 854 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 18h Josh Mellor 18h 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
