Nick Linford | FE Week

Apprenticeship funding consultation launched

A “radical” overhaul of apprenticeship funding has been outlined by the government in response to a review by former Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard. Three funding ‘models’ have been proposed by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in A Consultation on Funding Reform for Apprenticeship in England, around nine months after the Richard Review […]

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Monthly webinar funding clinics

Details and registration links for monthly webinar funding clinics (Lsect Gold Members only) Date Day Time Registration link 05-08-2013 Monday 4-5pm 02-09-2013 Monday 4-5pm 07-10-2013 Monday 4-5pm 04-11-2013 Monday 4-5pm 02-12-2013 Monday 4-5pm 06-01-2013 Monday 4-5pm 03-02-2013 Monday 4-5pm 03-03-2013 Monday 4-5pm 07-04-2013 Monday 4-5pm 06-05-2013 […]

Less than three per cent of colleges will recruit 14 to 15-year-olds

Only seven colleges will be taking up the opportunity, for the first time, to directly enrol full-time 14 and 15 year olds in September, the Education Funding Agency told FE Week today. Of 283 colleges which meet the criteria laid out by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock in December last year, only these seven (2.5 per cent) […]

Special report on traineeships

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page special report on traineeships, sponsored by OCR. Click here to download (20mb) Introduction Since traineeships were first hinted at by deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in June last year, the sector has been asking what they will look like, who they will be for and who […]

Traineeship restrictions for 19 to 24-year-olds will ‘add confusion and complexity’

A revised framework for traineeships has revealed a programme more restrictive for 19 to 24 year-olds than their 16 to 19 counterparts. The updated Traineeships Framework for Delivery document, published by the government yesterday, says “for 19-24 year olds, the programme will be available only for those who have not yet achieved their first full […]

Report finds youth employment schemes ‘inadequate’

There are three times as many young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) as there are apprenticeship placements for under-25s, a report revealed today. The statistics were released in the same week as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced a review of the options available to 16 to 25 year olds in the […]

Ofsted plan post-16 grade for schools

An extra grade focussing solely on post-16 provision in schools and academies could be introduced to inspection reports, Ofsted has told FE Week. It is hoped the move may give a more accurate reflection of the quality of a school’s sixth form provision and make it easier for prospective students to make comparisons between their local […]

Governance reform is at risk of looking to the past

Colleges have been told to think critically about the diversity of their governing boards, but what might that mean when set against the backdrop of an encroaching private sector dominated by rich, old, white, able-bodied men, asks Mick Fletcher. The recently-published report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) on college governance is […]