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 News Provider told ‘no chance’ of growth request A training provider in the Midlands slashed its growth request by 75 per cent after local staff at the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Minister holds FE technology roundtable Technology that can revolutionise FE learning was on the agenda at the first of a series of roundtable meetings… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Guild consultation ends The FE Guild project leader has described responses to a consultation on the proposed organisation as “positive and constructive”…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Deadline ‘degrades’ ILRs The Association of Colleges (AoC) believes that the data quality of Individualised Learner Record (ILR) returns could be “degraded”… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hoyle’s level playing field legacy Warm tributes have been paid to Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) chief executive Graham Hoyle after the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News College merger tweet shock Bosses at a college in the Midlands claim they found out about two competitors’ multi-million pound merger plan —… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo