News SFA publish details of subcontractor allocations Subcontractors with an overall allocation of more than £100,000 have been listed for the first time by the Skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News SFA may have breached Code of Practice Data on the FE comparison website, FE Choices, being investigated for unannounced changes. The government’s performance comparison site for… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Nick Clegg announces scheme to tackle unemployed 16-17 year-olds The Deputy Prime Minister has revealed a new scheme to try and tackle the “ticking time bomb” of 16… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News SFA ‘strongly encourage’ 12 month minimum Providers are being urged to introduce new apprenticeship duration requirements immediately. The Skills Funding Agency is calling on existing… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Adult Basic Skills qualifications to be scrapped Basic skills qualifications in numeracy and literacy for adults will cease to be funded for new starts from August…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Holt heads-up employer-led review of apprenticeships Social entrepreneur and jeweller Jason Holt is to take charge of an employer-led review into how businesses can be… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Banks ‘invest’ in more than 1,500 apprentices Three high street banks are launching new apprenticeship schemes to try and help young people launch a career in… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Childcare supported for at least one more year A scheme which supports thousands of teenage parents in further education has been reprieved – at least for a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News AELP backs minimum duration for young apprentices at end of #NAW2012 The new minimum length of delivery for all apprentices aged 16 to 18 has been backed by the head… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News WorldSkills UK – The Skills Show announced by John Hayes MP The skills minister announced a UK successor to the WorldSkills London 2011 competition at the House of Commons last… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News EMA replacement is inadequate and under-funded, says Barnardo’s Young learners from disadvantaged backgrounds are being let down by the 16-19 Bursary Fund because it is inadequate, inconsistent… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Jayde Kirkup is the FE Week & Me competition winner Congratulations Jayde Kirkup! We asked students to send in a 500-word article explaining what brought them to college, along… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 851 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
