News Government announce £250m vocational training fund The government has announced £250 million to try and entice businesses into investing in skills and apprenticeships. David Cameron… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ‘Worry’ over 12 per cent fall in FE adults Concerns have been raised over the decline in total adult FE participation at a time when the numbers of… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News New apprentice incentive for smaller businesses Smaller businesses are to be given cash incentives to take on apprentices under new plans announced by Business Secretary… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ‘Trust’ is key for new college freedoms As the saying goes, all good relationships are built on trust – and it seems that motto can be extended… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y 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 Newer 1 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 831 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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
