EFA funding rate to be revealed in January, director confirms

The 2015/16 funding rate for 16 to 18-year-olds will not be announced until January, an Education Funding Agency (EFA)...

Boles makes U-turn on apprenticeship grading

New apprenticeship frameworks will no longer be forced to include pass, merit and distinction gradings, the Skills Minister has...

More than 700 employers to set standards for 76 apprenticeships

More than 700 employers will design 76 new apprenticeships in professions ranging from policing, the Armed Forces and TV...

Lambeth College staff could strike again after rejecting ‘improved’ contract offer

Lambeth College staff who went on a five-week strike earlier this year have rejected “improved” offers over contract changes....

Colleges losing focus on student success, FE Commissioner warns

Colleges are losing their focus on student success in favour of other activities, FE Commissioner Dr David Collins has...

Professor Alison Wolf given peerage

Vocational education expert and academic Alison Wolf is to join the House of Lords, it has been announced. Professor...

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Award winning app manages muck raking

An app that up to 100 learners from the Rural Business School at Cornwallbased Duchy College helped develop has...

Sport student left partially paralysed by meningitis wins prestigious award

A college learner who was left partially paralysed down his left-hand side after contracting meningitis as a baby has...