News FE Minister gets the final word The skills minister has been scrutinised by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee in the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Short apprenticeships offer “no real benefit,” say MPs Apprenticeships delivered in six months or less offer “no real benefit” to learners or employers, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE loans met with “widespread dismay” Only one in ten adults say they would “definitely” take out a loan to study a level 3 course… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Short apprenticeships offer “no real benefit,” say MPs Apprenticeships delivered in six months or less offer “no real benefit” to learners or employers, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA staff shortlisted for top job Staff at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) have been informed that three members of its executive team are in… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Arrests over apprenticeship subcontractor Serious Fraud Office swoop in on Luis Michael Training, former partner of Sparsholt College Three men have been arrested… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Awards ceremony launches Adult Learners’ Week 2012 TV presenter Philippa Forrester enthusiastically kicked off the ceremony. “This is a celebration. This is a party. This is… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News City College Norwich develops federation model City College Norwich (CCN) is developing a federation model alongside two academies and a potential University Technical College (UTC),… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News The future of adult learning Tom Wilson, director, UnionLearn, TUC David Hughes, chief executive, NIACE Ever-rising levels of unemployment, lack of skills… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Redundancies at Elmfield Training Elmfield Training Ltd, who have been scrutinised by the BIS Select Committee for their delivery of apprenticeships with Morrisons,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Hundreds of funding rates ‘realigned’ upwards The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has realigned the funding rates used in the Employer Responsive (ER) Other funding stream,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Disappointing’ drop in adult participation says NIACE The number of adults taking part in formal learning has fallen five percentage points, a survey by the National… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 831 Older Must read News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 7d Shane Chowen 7d Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo