News Fears eased on funding The Association for Employment and Learning Providers has secured access to extra funding for independent providers whose allocations have… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News ‘I had my medal when I heard the noise’ As Elaine Battson collected her bag after a successful Boston Marathon, she thought the explosions she heard were fireworks… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Questions remain on Tech Bacc Government plans for a Technical Baccalaureate (Tech Bacc) have received a lukewarm welcome from the FE sector, amid questions… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Minister ‘cancels’ on traineeships Providers have been kept waiting at least another week for the government to outline its plan for traineeships. Skills… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Principal defiant after Ofsted grade four Third poor inspection for City College Coventry’s Paul Taylor The principal of the latest big city college to be… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News A big dip in funding concerns FE leaders FE bosses have urged the government to address a growing dip in funding for 16 to 19-year-olds that could… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Guide to 24+ Advanced Learning Loans supplement 25/04/2013 Find out more News Government announces vocational measure Plans for a new Tech Bacc were announced by the government today. It will be introduced for courses beginning… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Traineeships are ‘go’ Skills Minister chooses Manchester meeting to ‘launch’ programme The 11-month wait for an outline of the government’s plans for… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Apprentice wage cheats crackdown Business Secretary Vince Cable has promised “tough new measures” to tackle employers who pay apprentices below the legal minimum,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE Guild go-ahead Government funds of £18.8m a year to get a new FE body off the ground have been welcomed, although… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Agency backtracks on awards cull Plans to stop government funding for qualifications aimed at helping the unemployed have been shelved. The Skills Funding Agency… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 829 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
