News SFA may have breached Code of Practice Data on the FE comparison website, FE Choices, being investigated for unannounced changes. The government’s performance comparison site for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 Newer 1 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 809 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
