Opinion

The Budget — a quick checklist for colleges

A new apprenticeship levy for large employers stole the Budget show yesterday as far as FE is concerned, but...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Guiding the way to better skills policy

The Skills Commission added the 68-page Guide to the Skills System to its growing library of sector-related reports as it was...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Clock ticks down to start of Team UK’s Brazilian WorldSkills adventure

The clock is well and truly ticking with 880 hours to go before the UK’s top apprentices jet off...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Professor Wolf calls for all employers to pay apprenticeship levy as she rejects Conservative manifesto funding plans

A leading government vocational education adviser today warned the government would have to make all employers pay a levy...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

‘Resource FE colleges properly to deliver higher level technical skills’

Responding to Lady Alison Wolf’s report — Heading for the precipice: can further and higher education funding policies be...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Nick Linford
News

Pensions write-off in EFA deal to shed cash-strapped college

The government paid a “one-off settlement” to write off the pension liabilities of a cash-strapped sixth form college as...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Trailblazer apprenticeship figures revealed for first time

Official figures for the government’s Trailblazer apprenticeship scheme have been published for the first time — and they show...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Boles justifies apprenticeships favour

Skills Minister Nick Boles has justified the government’s emphasis on apprenticeships at the cost of adult education by pointing...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford