News Survey shows employers can’t fill 22pc of vacancies Nearly a quarter of vacancies in the UK have gone unfilled because of a shortage of much-needed skills, a… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Fraction of FE loans paid out for apprenticeships Just a fraction of the 25,200 FE loans taken out between August and October last year were for apprenticeships,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Shock funding cut for 1,500 adult quals As many as 1,500 qualifications face the public funding axe as the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) looks to introduce… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Concerns over nuclear college plans Plans for a new college to train nuclear power plant workers have sparked concerns among colleges who had been… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Software problems ‘distorting’ key FE and skills statistics Key information designed to “hold the government to account over delivery of policy” has been corrupted by ongoing problems… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Ex-Cabinet Secretaries wade in on 18-year-old funding cut debate Two former education and skills secretaries joined the charge against a controversial funding cut for 18-year-old learners as Skills… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Former provider staff due in court on host of fraud charges More than a dozen former employees of welfare to work provider A4e are due to appear in court charged… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Worries at AELP over HMRC funding proposal The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has raised concerns over the government’s proposals to direct funding for… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Funding agency in danger of ‘overload’ warns NAO A government investigation into the Education Funding Agency has warned it could become “overloaded” as financial constraints, staffing difficulties… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Skills shortage behind almost a quarter of unfilled vacancies, says UKCES survey Nearly a quarter of vacancies in the UK have gone unfilled because of a shortage of much-needed skills, the… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News What can Ofsted learn from its own complaints system? Last week, ex-NCG (Newcastle College Group) chief executive Jackie Fisher spoke exclusively to FE Week about her notorious 2012… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government announces nuclear college plans The nuclear industry looks set to benefit from the country’s second new college in 21 years, Skills Minister Matthew… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 831 Older Must read News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 6d Shane Chowen 6d Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
