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 News Information Authority board scrapped by BIS The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has scrapped the Information Authority (IA) board. It was announced on… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 829 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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
