News ESOL impact assessment fails to impress The government has today agreed a partial u-turn on ESOL cuts after an impact assessment ordered by FE and Skills… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News YPLA expresses ‘major concerns’ over government funding consultations On the 13th April 2011 the Department for Education (DfE) published two funding consultations presenting high level principles for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News MP calls for bankers’ bonuses to provide Apprenticeships for jobless youngsters A Labour MP is urging the government to provide apprenticeships for jobless youngsters with small businesses – by using… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Cuts in FE to ‘hit women and black and ethnic minorities hardest’ Current and planned cuts in further education will hit women and black and ethnic minorities harder than most according to the Woman’s… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Funding agency fears over fraud The Skills Funding Agency has promised a crackdown on fraud and misuse of public money in the FE and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Morrisons, Elmfield and the over-25 apprentices Morrisons boasts that it is the UK’s biggest provider of apprenticeships, although in reality the funding is claimed from… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Surge in the over-25s sees record rise in apprentices The Government’s apprenticeship recruitment target of 203,200 for the financial year to March 2011 was exceeded by 54,000, John… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Peter Jones Academy hitting the headlines BBC Dragon, entrepreneur and now further education celebrity, Peter Jones has been bringing FE into the nationals this week… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Justifying the subcontracting top-slice Colleges are increasingly at risk of being percieved to be ripping off partners by “top-slicing” 30 per cent or… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Daily Mirror probes subcontracting “scandal” The award-winning Daily Mirror Investigations team, Andrew Penman and Nick Sommerlad, this week launched an in-depth probe into the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News LSIS Leading the Learner Voice Award winners in full Last night was LSIS’s annual ‘Leading the Learner Voice Awards’. The awards were created to recognise the contributions that… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE wears the cloak of invisibility at education festival The second annual Sunday Times Education Festival was held at the much lauded Wellington College on the Surrey /… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 Older Must read Colleges Investigation Leeds FE ‘capacity crisis’ risks leaving poorest behind A local college leader says the DfE should redirect “unused” capital funds to where they are most needed Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Election 2024, Politics Starmer promises to ‘repair our public services’ after historic election win Starmer will officially become prime minister and appoint his cabinet later today Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Qualifications, T Levels Exclusive Revealed: Most T Level drop outs switch to axed courses 90% of T Level drop-outs that switched to other technical courses went on to qualifications due to be defunded Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Long read, SEND Investigation The high cost pressures of safety valve deals Cash-strapped local authorities are under pressure through safety valve deals to place high-needs young people in placements that may… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Colleges, Long read Long read Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo Politics Exclusive Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’ Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role Shane Chowen 6mo Shane Chowen 6mo
