News

U-turn on ESOL funding clarified by the Skills Funding Agency

The Skills Funding Agency has confirmed that all unemployed learners, including those on ESOL courses, who are both on...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Fish and chips go bigger and batter at Bournemouth & Poole College

Young apprentice chefs from Bournemouth & Poole College cooked up a colossal fish 6ft long and 2ft wide on...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Unreachable targets put the Work Programme at risk of collapse

Almost every organisation involved in delivering the Work Programme is at risk of having their contract terminated because of...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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‘Apprenticeships need to be marketed better’ say training providers

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) says that not enough employers understand the financial benefits of apprenticeships....

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE Week visits South Thames College for A Level results day

Thousands of students across the country picked up their A Level results yesterday by visiting their sixth form or...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Ofsted calls for government review on post-16 arrangements

Young people with learning difficulties and disabilities are not receiving adequate support as they progress to further education, according...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Businesses ask FE providers to ‘stop selling and start listening’

Further Education (FE) colleges and training providers should listen to businesses and stop focussing on quick sales, according to...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

New Head of UKCES wrongly accuses colleges of something to hide

Accusing colleges of withholding customer information because they have something to hide, as the new Head of the UK...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Research shows that LGBT learners are being treated better in FE

Research comissioned by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) learners are being...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter