News Elmfield staff ‘still in dark’ on future as administration looms Hundreds of Elmfield Training staff could still be in the dark about their futures more than a week after… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News AoC stands firm over unqualified lecturers The Association of Colleges (AoC) maintained its support for allowing member colleges to recruit unqualified lecturers, despite some college… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News SFA notice at City Coventry College remains despite ‘progress’ The Skills Funding Agency will not remove City College Coventry’s Notice of Concern, despite Ofsted ruling it had made… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Rejection for family learning plan proposal The Department for Education (DfE) has rejected calls by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) for a… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Agency strips provider of £2.5m contract A Lancashire-based training provider has been stripped of its £2.5m Skills Funding Agency contract following a damning Ofsted grading… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Apprenticeships make up just half a per cent of FE loan applications Figures released this morning show just 239 loans for apprenticeships have been applied for since the scheme began — 162 in September. The figures… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Funding software delay ‘getting serious,’ 157 group tells SFA The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has been hit with further criticism over “serious difficulties” faced by colleges because of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Foundation appoints permanent chief executive A policy director at the Department for Education (DfE) will become the Education and Training Foundation’s (ETF) first permanent… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government publishes its ‘radical and far-reaching’ apprenticeship plan The government has this morning confirmed in a newly-published implementation plan that it would put apprenticeship design in England in the hands… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Fresh concerns raised over Barnfield College Teaching unions have raised further concerns about the governance and management of a troubled college which is being investigated by the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Association of Colleges calls for action on funding software The Association of Colleges’ boss has written to the Skills Funding Agency expressing concerns over software funding delays and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New course will prepare FE lecturers to teach GCSE English A new training course is set to be launched to prepare FE lecturers for a massive expansion in students… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 839 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo