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 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 Newer 1 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 815 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
