News

Apprenticeship providers continue to ignore Functional Skills

Nine out of ten apprenticeship providers are still delivering Key Skills, rather than Functional Skills, according to a recent...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

WorldSkills leaves lasting legacy

Organisers plan to set up annual UK skills competiton after success at London competition With the success of staging...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

College principal wants talks over first sixth form free school

  A college principal is seeking talks with leaders of a new sixth form free school which is due...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

SFA delays full implementation of simplified funding system

Skills Funding Agency listen to feedback from FE providers and delay roll-out until 2013/14 The Skills Funding Agency (SFA)...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

2011/12 Data Collections

With the recent changes to FE funding arrangements, 2011/12 is seeing changes to the way ILR data is collected....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

University Technical Colleges unveiled but unions issue warning

Thousands of students can now study at specialist technical colleges, but critics are warning of a two-tier education system....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Uncategorized

FE Week mini-mascot (Edition 5)

Follow the adventures of FE Week’s biggest and smallest fan! Mostly this week I have been getting excited about...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Vision West Notts on the road to fundraising

Students from Vision West Notts set the pace during a charity walk this week. A group of hairdressing students...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

The single Individualised Learner Record is here!

2011/12 is the year for simplification of funding, reducing bureaucracy, rationalisation of existing data collections, and the introduction of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter