News Provider budgets set for 15 pc cut, but apprenticeships protected Further education providers face a 15 per cent cut in their adult skills budget allocations, the Skills Funding Agency… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Adult quals cull risks ‘throwing baby out with the bathwater’ The government risks “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” with cuts to qualifications it sees as worthless, FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Tributes to former Midland principal of 20 years Graham Moore Further education leaders have paid tribute to ex-college principal of 20 years and former 157 Group chair Graham Moore… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Colleges win budget protection from 18 funding rate cut Colleges facing a funding rate cut for their full-time 18-year-old learners will be protected from the controversial move inflicting… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Quality mark ‘still on the agenda’ The government has reaffirmed its commitment to Chartered Status amid growing concern that it might have been scrapped as… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprentice wage rise gets mixed welcome The National Minimum Wage for apprentices is set to rise by 5p an-hour to £2.73, the Department for Business,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Wait for quals cut list set to continue Awarding bodies are facing another month’s wait to find out if their qualifications have been saved from a public… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Shock £4m accounts black hole could lead to college fraud probe The Skills Funding Agency is considering whether a London college should face financial investigation after a shock £4.1m black… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Inadequate appeal rejected by Ofsted A large London college has had its appeal against an Ofsted inadequate grading thrown out. LeSoCo, formed through a… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News More evidence of government’s GCSE favouritism Further evidence has emerged that the government already favours GCSEs, with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock having described Functional Skills… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Simple pass or fail gets Skills Minister’s green light Proposals for apprentices to be successfully graded will pass, merit or distinction for their skills have been rejected, FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprentice minimum wage to rise to £2.73 an-hour The National Minimum Wage for apprentices is set to rise by 5p an-hour to £2.73, the Department for Business,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 829 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
