News ‘Apprenticeships need to be marketed better’ say training providers The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) says that not enough employers understand the financial benefits of apprenticeships…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News U-turn on ESOL funding clarified by the Skills Funding Agency The Skills Funding Agency has confirmed that all unemployed learners, including those on ESOL courses, who are both on… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Businesses ask FE providers to ‘stop selling and start listening’ Further Education (FE) colleges and training providers should listen to businesses and stop focussing on quick sales, according to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Unreachable targets put the Work Programme at risk of collapse Almost every organisation involved in delivering the Work Programme is at risk of having their contract terminated because of… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Ofsted calls for government review on post-16 arrangements Young people with learning difficulties and disabilities are not receiving adequate support as they progress to further education, according… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Research shows that LGBT learners are being treated better in FE Research comissioned by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) learners are being… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Double delay announced by the Data Service The Data Service announced on Wednesday that they would start the 2011/12 academic year by paying providers each month… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week visits South Thames College for A Level results day Thousands of students across the country picked up their A Level results yesterday by visiting their sixth form or… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Consultation report outlines plans for further education loans A consultation report released yesterday by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) outlines a new loan system… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week follows Top2Toe charity challenge through Birmingham Over the last couple of days FE Week has been following the Top2Toe charity fundraiser lead by Dave ‘Blind… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Youth unemployment shows no improvement in latest quarter The latest government statistics show that youth unemployment has changed very little in the last three months. The Labour… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News The Guardian reports on ‘striking rise’ of adult apprenticeships The dramatic increase in apprentices aged above 25, reported by FE Week back in June, has been picked up by… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 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
