News SFA staff shortlisted for top job Staff at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) have been informed that three members of its executive team are in… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Arrests over apprenticeship subcontractor Serious Fraud Office swoop in on Luis Michael Training, former partner of Sparsholt College Three men have been arrested… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Awards ceremony launches Adult Learners’ Week 2012 TV presenter Philippa Forrester enthusiastically kicked off the ceremony. “This is a celebration. This is a party. This is… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News City College Norwich develops federation model City College Norwich (CCN) is developing a federation model alongside two academies and a potential University Technical College (UTC),… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News The future of adult learning Tom Wilson, director, UnionLearn, TUC David Hughes, chief executive, NIACE Ever-rising levels of unemployment, lack of skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Redundancies at Elmfield Training Elmfield Training Ltd, who have been scrutinised by the BIS Select Committee for their delivery of apprenticeships with Morrisons,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Hundreds of funding rates ‘realigned’ upwards The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has realigned the funding rates used in the Employer Responsive (ER) Other funding stream,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ‘Disappointing’ drop in adult participation says NIACE The number of adults taking part in formal learning has fallen five percentage points, a survey by the National… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ‘Stop wasting money’ Unison tells colleges Colleges spent at least £65 million on agency staff during the last financial year, according to information obtained by… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Colleges call for FE loans to be delayed The majority of professionals in the FE sector support delaying or scrapping the introduction of FE loans, according to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Report finds ‘process failures’ at the Skills Funding Agency An investigation into secret changes to a government website has unearthed “process failures” and an inability to pinpoint who… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News HR Director of Morrisons to step down next month The group HR and communications director at Morrisons has announced he will leave the supermarket retailer at the end… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
