News Access cash ‘must’ go to traineeships The demise of access to apprenticeship (AtA) has led to a call for colleges to be allowed to use… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Think-tank calls for youth guarantees and levies Youth guarantees and youth levies figure among new proposals from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) aimed at… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Ofsted clash on work experience Further education leaders clashed with Ofsted over whether students needed work experience outside of their colleges. The exchange took… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Hancock to divert cash to employers Apprenticeships are to be funded through employers, Skills Minister Matthew Hancock announced at the Association of Colleges (AoC) conference… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College staff plan December strike over pay Further education colleges in England are set to be hit by staff strikes over pay early next month. Members… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Up to 50,000 teenagers studying dead-end courses, claims think-tank Tens of thousands of 16 to 18-year-olds are taking dead-end courses that will end with no job and will… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News On location at the Skills Show – FE Week team out and about From Birmingham in 2013 to Brazil in 2015 Around 700 talented young people competed to be crowned the best… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Stockport goes from grade one to four A 9,000-learner college in Greater Manchester has plummeted from an outstanding Ofsted rating to inadequate. Stockport College achieved the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News ‘Good quality’ college projects rejected by SFA The Skills Funding Agency was forced to reject several “good quality” college projects to avoid an overspend in its… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprenticeship award winners Top apprentices were celebrated during the 10th annual National Apprenticeship Awards at the Skills Show last Thursday. Apprentices from… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Challenges and opportunities for colleges Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel takes time out of his busy conference preparation schedule to tell FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Last piece of Elmfield sold off to NCG The last piece of troubled provider Elmfield has been sold off after the company went into administration last month…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 816 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