News

NCG first college granted full taught-degree awarded powers

NCG (formerly Newcastle College Group) is the first FE institution in the country to be authorised to develop and...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

AELP Conference: Shadow minister hits back at lack of progress

Shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden has accused the government of wasting three years that should have been better spent...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

AELP conference: View from chair and new CEO

Ofsted has been accused of favouring traineeships that concentrate on classroom-based maths and English provision rather than getting young...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Skills minister announces “little delay” to publishing apprenticeship reform detail

Skills Minister Nick Boles has admitted that a string of key apprenticeship reform announcements will be further delayed following...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Burton & South Derbyshire College joins AELP after quitting AoC

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has picked up a new member that quit rival organisation the...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
Opinion

No opt-out for colleges

Traineeships aren’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination — as our recent stories exposing their success rate failings...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Union calls for casual staff to be made permanent after two years

Casual staff who have been working at an FE provider for at least two years should be made permanent,...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Sector needs clarity on levy prospects and wider apprenticeship reforms after Brexit vote

Sector leaders have called for clarity on whether the government will still press ahead with apprenticeship levy plans following...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

SFA could shoulder up to 90% of training costs for non-levy employers

The government plans to slash the amount smaller firms will have to pay towards the cost of apprenticeships training...

Paul Offord
Paul Offord