News An in-depth look at the Skills Funding Statement as 19 pc ASB cut attacked Plans to cut almost a fifth of the Adult Skills Budget have been savaged by organisations across the FE… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News UCU rules out FE college strikes – for now The University and Colleges Union has ruled out further strike action in FE colleges in the near future, despite… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Adult Skills Budget in line for 19 per cent funding cut The government’s Adult Skills Budget is facing a cut of 19 per cent by 2016, the long-awaited Skills Funding… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News WorldSkills competitions open as learners fight for spot on plane to Abu Dhabi Apprentices and learners are being urged to put their skills to the test and fight for a spot on… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills Funding Agency chief defends shock qualifications cull Skills Funding Agency chief executive Barbara Spicer has spoken out to defend a shock public funding cut for adult… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Sixth form college strikes put back a month National sixth form college strikes planned for next week have been put back a month. Members of the National… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Looking at inspections from the ‘other side of the fence’ It’s one thing being inspected by Ofsted — and feeling aggrieved by the process or outcome — but it’s… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News No FE question time on Question Time Further education figures were left disappointed by a lack of sector talk as Skills Minister Matthew Hancock and Professor… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Jobcentres steer teens away from traineeships Jobcentre Plus (JCP) advisers have been told not to direct 18 and 19-year-olds to the government’s flagship traineeship scheme… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Still no end in sight to SFA software nightmare There remains no end in sight to the problems faced by providers trying to use new funding software to… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Boss speaks out over payments ‘dispute’ The managing director of a London-based independent learning provider has defended his firm after details of an alleged subcontractor… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Gove attacked over excellent ‘extra-curricular’ claims Funding for “expensive and untested” free schools should be used to improve extra-curricular activities at existing institutions, Sixth Form… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 829 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
