News

Shadow Education Minister for Young People Woodcock on panel to look at ‘big questions’ over 3m apprenticeships target

Shadow Education Minister for Young People John Woodcock (pictured above) features among an FE and skills Parliamentary panel that...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Latest FE Commissioner reports bear enrolment warnings and precarious financial outlooks

The FE Commissioner has warned Redcar and Cleveland College that its “very risky” growth strategy has got just a...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Details of next year’s ‘even bigger and better’ FE Week apprenticeship conference revealed

Details of the 2016 FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference and Exhibition (AAC) have been finalised — and it’s set to be...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Closest ever Brathay Challenge final as apprentice teams finish in dead heats

The fourth annual Brathay Apprenticeship Challenge was the closest fought yet and after a nail-biting race to the finish...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

FE lecturers in London for annual ATL conference

Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers will meet in Central London today for its annual FE conference....

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Budget disappointment as DfE and BIS in-year cuts remain yet to be outlined

The Chancellor began his Budget speech outlining his vision of a united, ‘One Nation’ — and for wonks and...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Funding agency unable to approve growth requests after Budget — despite assurances

The Skills Funding Agency was today unable to say when providers would learn if their quarter three growth requests...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Outline of a 50-year-old apprenticeship levy from the CITB

If anybody knows what the future might look like for FE and skills with an apprenticeship levy on the...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Will loans and the levy save adult FE?

Mick Fletcher takes a close look at the July 2015 Budget and considers what it might mean for FE...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford