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 News BIS Select Committee to launch enquiry into apprenticeships An enquiry into apprenticeships will be launched by the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee in the new… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Delivery of FE to radically change by 2020, says new report A report predicts that most further education (FE) establishments will need to radically change the way they deliver course… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Concerns over funding for FE teacher training Questions have been raised over the further education (FE) sector’s ability to attract experts into teaching in the face of proposed… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 823 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