News FE Week investigates: The National Extension College is ‘reborn’ Little more than a month ago, thousands of students faced uncertainty after the owners of a distance-learning institution plunged… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Enhanced Renewal Grants given to 46 further education colleges Forty six colleges will receive Enhanced Renewal Grants, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced. The additional funding, worth… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeships special edition The first pilot edition of FE Week in June 2011 (see picture) ran an exclusive story about 12 week… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News De Vere strikes deal with NAS to introduce ‘short’ Access to Apprenticeships An organisation whose apprenticeship programmes were placed under review has launched a new delivery model. The De Vere Academy… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship policy doesn’t address “issues of quality and progression”, says Gordon Marsden MP Gordon Marsden MP, Shadow Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, spoke to FE Week about the government’s… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship inquiry calls for evidence The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee is calling for evidence ahead of an inquiry into apprenticeships. Written… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship quality tackled A shake-up of apprenticeships will see all programmes for 16 to 18 year-olds take place for at least a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Skills Funding Agency to become an Executive Agency The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will become an Executive Agency following a review of its status. Skills minister John Hayes,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News All 16-18 apprenticeships to last at least one year All apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year-olds must last at least a year, Skills Minister John Hayes MP will… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Jobs saved as National Extension College sold An arm of the crisis hit Learning and Skills Network (LSN) has been sold. Ian Oakley-Smith, David Hurst and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News NAO report critical of BIS and SFA bureaucracy reform Government efforts to reduce bureaucracy in further education (FE) lack clarity and the complete picture, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Chris Shapcott (NAO) asks for “more detailed and clearer picture” of reforms We spoke to Chris Shapcott, National Audit Office director of regulatory reform, about the NAO report titled ‘Reducing bureaucracy… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 829 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
