News Ten colleges with half billion pound total income join forces Ten colleges in the North West have joined forces to form a joint venture company boasting a combined income… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Education Funding Agency to publish 16 to 18 payments The Education Funding Agency is to start publishing information on the value of providers’ 16 to 18 delivery, FE… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News EFA name first seven colleges allowed to recruit full time 14 and 15-year-olds Seven colleges will be taking up the opportunity, for the first time, to directly enrol full-time 14 and 15 year… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Apprenticeships reforms ‘precisely what’s needed’ Proposals to reform the apprenticeship funding system have been welcomed by former Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard, nine months… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Government says sorry to college A Dorset college that was wrongly labelled as under-performing in official statistics has won an apology. Kingston Maurward College,… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Household names get SFA budget cuts Government funding budgets for training at major UK firms has been slashed, new figures have shown. Firms such as… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Minister ‘behind’ action over inadequate provider Moves to tackle poor provision by Elmfield were ordered personally by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock before its inadequate grading… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News College sell-off hit by ‘summer closure’ delay Uncertainty continues to hang over the future of K College, which is being broken up following a “failed merger”,… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Could Prospects be first to join college sector? An Essex-based charity is understood to be in talks to become the first independent training provider to be legally… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Download the summer lite edition Download your free copy of the FE Week summer 2013 lite edition, sponsored by NOCN. Click here to download… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Apprenticeship funding consultation launched A “radical” overhaul of apprenticeship funding has been outlined by the government in response to a review by former… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News FE Week 2012/13 round-up FE Week has quickly built a reputation for being a high quality weekly printed newspaper, but we also publish many of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 21h Josh Mellor 21h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo