News Apprenticeship review targets 45 providers More than 40 colleges and training providers are being investigated as part of the review into short duration apprenticeships…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Cash boost for work experience Colleges in areas with high proportions of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) have been given… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Eight sentenced – including six jailed – over £500,000 college fraud Eight fraudsters have been sentenced, including six jailed, for conning colleges out of more than half-a-million-pounds. The sentences, handed… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Arise Sir Geoffrey Hall Geoff Hall, former Principal of New College Nottingham and contributor to FE Week, is one of just 27 people… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week investigates: The National Extension College is ‘reborn’ Little more than a month ago, thousands of students faced uncertainty after the owners of a distance-learning institution plunged… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Enhanced Renewal Grants given to 46 further education colleges Forty six colleges will receive Enhanced Renewal Grants, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced. The additional funding, worth… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeships special edition The first pilot edition of FE Week in June 2011 (see picture) ran an exclusive story about 12 week… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News De Vere strikes deal with NAS to introduce ‘short’ Access to Apprenticeships An organisation whose apprenticeship programmes were placed under review has launched a new delivery model. The De Vere Academy… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship policy doesn’t address “issues of quality and progression”, says Gordon Marsden MP Gordon Marsden MP, Shadow Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, spoke to FE Week about the government’s… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship inquiry calls for evidence The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee is calling for evidence ahead of an inquiry into apprenticeships. Written… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship quality tackled A shake-up of apprenticeships will see all programmes for 16 to 18 year-olds take place for at least a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Skills Funding Agency to become an Executive Agency The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will become an Executive Agency following a review of its status. Skills minister John Hayes,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 854 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
