News Further 16-18 apprenticeship funding rate reduction The government is proceeding with plans to reduce the national funding rate for 16 to 18 apprenticeships by another… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News UCU case against IfL has now been ‘discontinued’ Legal proceedings between the University and College Union (UCU) and the Institute for Learning (IfL) have been discontinued. The… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Simon Waugh to leave National Apprenticeship Service Simon Waugh is to step down as chief executive of the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS). The revelation follows a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Geoff Russell to retire from Skills Funding Agency Geoff Russell has announced that he will leave the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) this summer. Mr Russell (53), who will… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News BBC 5 live investigates apprenticeships Apprenticeship schemes which misuse taxpayers’ money is to be debated by leading figures in the FE sector on ‘5… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week visits parliament to meet the apprentices working in MP’s offices The number of apprentices working in MP’s offices are on the rise, just as young people undertaking an unpaid… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship sales force enrol themselves Call centre staff at a training provider have enrolled onto an apprenticeship programme to improve their skills. Twenty workers… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News UTC scuppered by college and university dispute A college principal which helped create the University Technical College (UTC) model has been forced to postpone her own… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Gove could do BETTer for FE The shadow minister has hit out at the disregarding of further education in the overhaul of the ICT curriculum…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News One principal, two colleges Two further education colleges have joined in a unique federation to cut costs under the leadership of one principal…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Hundreds of Zenos apprenticeships ‘delayed’ Hundreds of people have been affected by the postponement of an apprenticeship programme led by a major provider. Zenos,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week Investigates: Further education leaders honoured A former college principal has spoken exclusively to FE Week of his shock after being chosen to receive a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 854 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
