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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 823 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
