News FE Week at Labour Party Conference 2013 The FE Week team attended the first day of the Labour Party Conference in Brighton yesterday. We held a… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Labour calls time on the level 2 apprenticeship Labour’s Skills Taskforce, chaired by Chris Husbands, has today published a report on apprenticeships: A revolution in apprenticeships: a something-for-something deal with employers…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Labour announce plans to create an apprentice for each foreign worker Ed Miliband, the Labour Party leader, has announced plans to force firms to take on an apprentice every time… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Labour shadow visits Walsall College New policies due soon, says Hunt New announcements about Labour Party policy on FE will be released within a… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Colleges’ move after bully claims Allegations of bullying and physical abuse have prompted three subcontractor colleges to take over apprenticeships from a Midland-based prime… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Former Blackburn College worker jailed for work credit card fraud A Lancashire college purchasing officer has been jailed for a year for using a work credit card to splash… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Foundation publishes partner commitments The Education and Training Foundation has announced £75,000-worth of partner commitments with four FE bodies. The foundation, the FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Exam talks over Ramadan clash fears Qualifications bodies have been in talks with Muslim groups over concerns the summer exams season could be affected by… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Zero-hour review gets unions’ welcome Further education unions have given a cautious welcome to newly-announced government consultations on zero-hour contracts and apprentice pay. A… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Colleges win meal deal, indies miss out Further education students are to get free school meals, the government has announced — but learners at independent training… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Kwik Fit’s unpaid traineeship branded ‘unacceptable’ Kwik Fit has come under fire from the National Union of Students (NUS) for running unpaid traineeships of up… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Success for the free lunch campaign Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader, has announced this afternoon that the government will extend free… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo