Author: FE Week Reporter

 A report predicts that most further education (FE) establishments will need to radically change the way they deliver course content to keep up with future of technology. The report, commissioned by Access UK, who supply HR software to the FE sector, predicts a rise in connectivity as technology becomes available across all platforms and devices, […]

An enquiry into apprenticeships will be launched by the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee in the new year. Adrian Bailey MP, chairman of the committee, made the announcement at the ‘Real or Rebrand?’ apprenticeships debate, organised by FE Week, at the House of Commons last week. Although terms of reference for the enquiry […]

In the last few weeks, the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) revealed to FE Week that a review was underway into short apprenticeships. Delivery models, the NAS said, which do not come up to scratch with specific guidance in the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE) may need to change or face the loss of […]

Questions have been raised over the further education (FE) sector’s ability to attract experts into teaching in the face of proposed government reforms. The Institute for Learning (IfL) has expressed concerns about proposed teacher training reforms and the implications of funding changes for initial teacher training (ITT). In responses to two government consultations – Attracting, training and retaining the […]

A charity with more than 25 years experience in the education sector has been placed into administration. Ian Oakley-Smith, David Hurst and Karen Dukes of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) were appointed joint administrators of Learning and Skills Network (LSN) on Thursday. The charity, with a turnover of around £13 million for 2010/11,  employs 117 staff and is based in London […]