News Apprenticeships need to be explained more clearly to learners, says MP Apprenticeships and vocational training need to be explained more clearly to learners, according to Simon Hughes MP. The deputy… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News NCG and Northumberland College merger collapses Plans for a merger between the NCG (formerly Newcastle College Group) and Northumberland College have collapsed. The Northumberland College Corporation… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Youth unemployment exceeds one million The record rate for youth unemployment is now above the one million mark. Details released this morning by the… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeships for learners aged over 25 should be scrapped, says IPPR Apprenticeships should be restricted to learners under the age of 25, according to researchers from the Institute for Public… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeships in identity crisis at ‘real or rebrand’ debate The definition, purpose and identity of apprenticeships was criticised heavily at the ‘Growth in Apprenticeships: real or rebrand?’ debate… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Adult FE and skills learners fall 411,000 Provisional figures published in the October Statistical First Release show that the number of learners classed as participating in… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Newcastle College Group ‘merge’ with Rathbone One of the largest educational providers in the country is on the verge of adding another arm to its… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Institute for Learning question £6k ITT qualifcation Questions have been raised over the further education (FE) sector’s ability to attract experts into teaching in the face… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News NCFE in partnership with Reed An innovative collaboration between an employment and skills provider and a national awarding body will be unveiled this week…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Sector leaders gather for the AoC conference It is the biggest event in the FE calendar – the a chance for colleges managers and leaders to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Provider owner also set-up awarding body The owner of one of the UK’s largest and “fastest growing” vocational training providers has also created his own… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE charity in administration ~ FE Week investigates Learning and Skills Network (LSN) placed in administration after turnover dips by £29 million in two years and pension… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 813 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo