News WorldSkills London 2011: The people who make it happen It takes a lot of people to run the globe’s largest skills competition – but WorldSkills London 2011 will… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Mail on Sunday on ‘the great apprentice jobs racket’ Today the Mail on Sunday published an article which was highly critical of the growth in apprenticeships, particularly at… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Good luck with R02 Colleges and other providers are being reminded that the first ‘required’ Individualised Learner Record (ILR) is due by 6pm… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News No change to MLPs The SFA and YPLA have confirmed that there will be no change to Minimum Levels of Performance (MLP). The… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News No delay to simplification of adult funding formula The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is rumoured to be shortly announcing a delay to the full roll-out of a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News The SFA survey says… The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) have published the results from their first College and Training Organisation Survey. Responses were… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE colleges could be “left to stand on their own two feet” Government reforms could see colleges given greater freedoms under plans to deregulate further education (FE). The Education Bill, which… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Lifelong Learning Accounts launched without a launch Lifelong Learning Accounts were made available last week despite no formal announcement and minimal publicity from the Department… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Unemployment ‘free-for-all’ Leaked Skills Funding Agency email reveals more late policy changes, but will colleges refund the fees? Colleges will for… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Nine projects secure £4.6m Collaboration and Shared Services Grant The 157 Group and Association of Colleges (AoC) have announced nine projects which will benefit from the Collaboration and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News 157 Group publish apprenticeship policy paper Apprenticeships are most effectively delivered by colleges working in partnership with employers, according to a new policy paper. The… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News AoC research finds half let down by careers advice Calls are being made for guaranteed face-to-face careers guidance in the wake of a startling report. Research released today… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 832 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