News Exclusive: an FE Week Q&A with Skills Minister Matthew Hancock on apprenticeships Reforms, the minimum wage and 24+ loans are just three issues covered in an exclusive FE Week Q&A as… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News A view from the US on England’s apprenticeships, via Switzerland and Germany Bob Schwartz, professor of practice in educational policy and administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was appointed… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Two years after pilot success, at last it’s official — Exeter College is outstanding Exeter College need no longer bite its lip after watching Walsall College take credit for the first ‘outstanding’ Ofsted result… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Police will not investigate Barnfield Federation Police in Hertfordshire have announced they will pursue no criminal investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement at the Barnfield… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprentice minimum wage cheat among those ‘named and shamed’ At least one apprentice employer was among the first batch to be “named and shamed” as the Department for… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Young Neets rise draws RPA questions The government’s raising of the participation age (RPA) policy has been questioned after figures showed the number of unemployed… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprentice scheme for 14 to 16-year-olds back before MPs as wage increase proposed Plans to revive the Young Apprenticeship Programme, offering 14 to 16-year-olds a work-based alternative to the classroom, are to… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Functional Skills rejected in favour of GCSEs The government has come under fire for rejecting Functional Skills qualifications in favour of GCSEs in its entry requirements… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Outstanding college rapped over academy standards An academy backed by grade one-rated Walsall College has been warned by the government about “unacceptably low” standards. The… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Talks aiming to win JSA exemption for 18-year-olds The government is in talks to grant 18-year-olds an exemption that would allow them to take part in traineeships… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Provider told ‘stop running our quals’ by NCFE A Warwickshire-based provider has been ordered to stop running qualifications from a leading awarding organisation after it investigated allegations… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Tech group urges minister for online content quota All publicly-funded FE and skills courses should have a minimum of 10 per cent online content by 2015/16, a… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 853 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 4w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
