News Funding will be cut if standards not met NAS could withdraw funding from providers as they look into “every short apprenticeship” Funding will be withdrawn from providers… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Poor vocational qualifications scrapped from performance tables by DfE Vocational qualifications will not count in performance tables unless they’re high quality, the Department for Education (DfE) announced under… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Government figures show adult apprenticeships more than tripled Figures published this morning show that the number of apprenticeship starts aged 25 and above has more than tripled, to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Anger over threat to legal status of student governors UNISON have published a press release stating that “last-minute amendment to the Education Bill could remove the legal right… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Unionlearn launch dyslexia awareness campaign Unionlearn, the education arm of the TUC, is launching a campaign to help employers understand more about dyslexia. Events and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Education unions join forces to lobby over pension cuts A petition opposing pension cuts was delivered to the Department for Education (DfE) by all seven education unions this morning…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week hits over 100,000 views Since FE Week launched in early September our website has had over 100,000 page views. On average that means… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Study on bureaucracy expected next month A study on reducing bureaucracy in further education (FE) is due for release next month. The study, conducted by… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Sixth-form funding expected to fall dramatically in next three years Sixth-form spending is expected to fall by 15.8 per cent in the next three years, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Employers use apprentices for ‘cheap labour’ Colleges and training providers say employers should pay towards apprentice training programmes. A survey conducted by Lsect asked if… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Free meals for hard-hit students at Newham College Newham College is giving out around 1,500 free meals to students each week in a bid to tackle cuts… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Skills Minister John Hayes meets Jaguar Land Rover apprentices John Hayes visited Jaguar and Landrover apprentices as part of the ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ initiative earlier this week. The… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 832 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