News Nick Clegg announces scheme to tackle unemployed 16-17 year-olds The Deputy Prime Minister has revealed a new scheme to try and tackle the “ticking time bomb” of 16… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA ‘strongly encourage’ 12 month minimum Providers are being urged to introduce new apprenticeship duration requirements immediately. The Skills Funding Agency is calling on existing… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Adult Basic Skills qualifications to be scrapped Basic skills qualifications in numeracy and literacy for adults will cease to be funded for new starts from August…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Holt heads-up employer-led review of apprenticeships Social entrepreneur and jeweller Jason Holt is to take charge of an employer-led review into how businesses can be… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Banks ‘invest’ in more than 1,500 apprentices Three high street banks are launching new apprenticeship schemes to try and help young people launch a career in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Childcare supported for at least one more year A scheme which supports thousands of teenage parents in further education has been reprieved – at least for a… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News AELP backs minimum duration for young apprentices at end of #NAW2012 The new minimum length of delivery for all apprentices aged 16 to 18 has been backed by the head… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News WorldSkills UK – The Skills Show announced by John Hayes MP The skills minister announced a UK successor to the WorldSkills London 2011 competition at the House of Commons last… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News EMA replacement is inadequate and under-funded, says Barnardo’s Young learners from disadvantaged backgrounds are being let down by the 16-19 Bursary Fund because it is inadequate, inconsistent… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Jayde Kirkup is the FE Week & Me competition winner Congratulations Jayde Kirkup! We asked students to send in a 500-word article explaining what brought them to college, along… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News NAO’s verdict on adult apprenticeships Funding rates are unreliable The funding rates used to pay training providers for delivering an apprenticeship are not based… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Vocational quals counted out Concern has been raised at the government’s expulsion of thousands of qualifications from school league tables. While stating that… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
