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 News Elmfield to ‘take steps to put the company into administration’ Elmfield Training has confirmed that its “directors have taken steps to protect the company through an administration process”. In… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Fury at SFA funding software delays Funding software delays at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) sparked fury in the FE sector. A delay in supplying… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Shadow Skills Minister quizzes government on apprenticeship drop Newly appointed Shadow Skills Minister Liam Bryne quizzed his opposite number Matthew Hancock over the drop in 16 to… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 850 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1w 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
