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 News Employability qualifications are just the job Increasing unemployment is fuelling a sharp rise in demand for short employability qualifications, figures obtained by FE Week reveal…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Apprenticeship success rates highest ever Apprenticeship success rates have risen for the fourth consecutive year across all age groups, according to new government data…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Young apprenticeships fall as adults nearly double The rise in adult apprenticeships has continued to accelerate in the first three months of the new academic year,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 815 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
