News Special FE Week Auction – iPad mini for HKF Bid here for a fabulous iPad Mini (16GB, in black) and help raise money for Helena Kennedy Foundation. … FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Richard waits for minister’s verdict Entrepreneur Doug Richard has reignited his argument with the Association of Employment and Learning Providers that workforce tax breaks… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Students stay in official net migration figures The government’s response to the Business Innovation and Skills select committee report on overseas students and migration is a… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News ‘Excellent’ grade dismissed FE bosses have urged Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw to be cautious about creating an “excellent” Ofsted grade… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hancock calls for merger review Two colleges in the Midlands have been told by FE minister Matthew Hancock to go back to the drawing… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Free lunches still off the menu The government has been accused of inconsistency over a campaign to extend free lunches to students in sixth-form and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Esol funding ‘safe’ The Skills Funding Agency wants to allay fears that a new payment regime could reduce funding for adult language… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News ‘Focus on job skills not league tables’ Government plans to introduce new post-16 performance tables for level three vocational qualifications have come under fire from the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News National Apprenticeship Week Photography Competition If you provide apprenticeships then encourage your learners to take a photograph that represents their apprenticeship and be in… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Q&A with Ofsted’s Sir Michael Wilshaw Sir Michael Wilshaw (pictured left), Ofsted’s chief inspector, tells FE Week of his experiences looking at Germany’s apprenticeship system… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Online vacancies and applications soar The boss of the National Apprenticeship Service said that more consumers and employers “are recognising the benefits of apprenticeships”…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y The FE Week National Apprenticeship Week 2013 supplement 6/03/2013 Find out more Newer 1 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo