News Funding will be cut if standards not met NAS could withdraw funding from providers as they look into “every short apprenticeship” Funding will be withdrawn from providers… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Poor vocational qualifications scrapped from performance tables by DfE Vocational qualifications will not count in performance tables unless they’re high quality, the Department for Education (DfE) announced under… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Government figures show adult apprenticeships more than tripled Figures published this morning show that the number of apprenticeship starts aged 25 and above has more than tripled, to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Anger over threat to legal status of student governors UNISON have published a press release stating that “last-minute amendment to the Education Bill could remove the legal right… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Unionlearn launch dyslexia awareness campaign Unionlearn, the education arm of the TUC, is launching a campaign to help employers understand more about dyslexia. Events and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Education unions join forces to lobby over pension cuts A petition opposing pension cuts was delivered to the Department for Education (DfE) by all seven education unions this morning…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week hits over 100,000 views Since FE Week launched in early September our website has had over 100,000 page views. On average that means… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Study on bureaucracy expected next month A study on reducing bureaucracy in further education (FE) is due for release next month. The study, conducted by… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Sixth-form funding expected to fall dramatically in next three years Sixth-form spending is expected to fall by 15.8 per cent in the next three years, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Employers use apprentices for ‘cheap labour’ Colleges and training providers say employers should pay towards apprentice training programmes. A survey conducted by Lsect asked if… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Free meals for hard-hit students at Newham College Newham College is giving out around 1,500 free meals to students each week in a bid to tackle cuts… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Skills Minister John Hayes meets Jaguar Land Rover apprentices John Hayes visited Jaguar and Landrover apprentices as part of the ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ initiative earlier this week. The… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 806 Older Must read 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 1w Billy Camden 1w 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
