News Three per cent drop for colleges, survey reveals Colleges have suffered an overall drop of three per cent in 16-18 year old learners, a new survey has… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Funding of adult basic skills to be overhauled in new pilot The funding of basic numeracy and literacy is to be completely overhauled following little improvement in adult basic skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News VAT exemption for shared services The government has announced plans to make colleges and charities exempt from paying VAT when they share services. It… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Sale continues as jobs are cut at LSN A charity forced into administration by a crippling pension liability and decreasing income has been forced to cut jobs…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News BIS respond to their FE and skills consultation They have been in the pipeline for several months, but last week the government confirmed a raft of new… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Criticism over competition Skills Funding Agency could take funding away from providers who try to poach employers Providers could miss out on… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Cable announces 19,000 new higher apprenticeships More than half a dozen further education (FE) colleges will benefit from government funding for 19,000 new higher apprenticeships…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Autumn Statement: Osborne confirms plans to tackle youth unemployment Chancellor George Osborne confirmed a number of policies designed to put tackle youth unemployment during his Autumn Statement yesterday…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News £1b to tackle youth unemployment A £1 billion package has been announced to tackle youth unemployment, as the number of 16-24 year-olds out of… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week investigates: The great SFA giveaway We take an in-depth look at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and five of its latest moves and policy decisions,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Anxiety over government funding tools Government further education (FE) funding software is “not functional” and there are “serious problems across all government agencies related… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News AoC reveals 14 per cent Level 1 learner drop Colleges have revealed a 14 per cent drop in Level 1 learners, new figures from the Association of Colleges (AoC) have… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 835 Older Must read 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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
