Latest FE newsNews FE Week investigates: The National Extension College is ‘reborn’Little more than a month ago, thousands of students faced uncertainty after the owners of a distance-learning institution plunged…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews Enhanced Renewal Grants given to 46 further education collegesForty six colleges will receive Enhanced Renewal Grants, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced. The additional funding, worth…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews Apprenticeships special editionThe first pilot edition of FE Week in June 2011 (see picture) ran an exclusive story about 12 week…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews De Vere strikes deal with NAS to introduce ‘short’ Access to ApprenticeshipsAn organisation whose apprenticeship programmes were placed under review has launched a new delivery model. The De Vere Academy…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews Apprenticeship policy doesn’t address “issues of quality and progression”, says Gordon Marsden MPGordon Marsden MP, Shadow Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, spoke to FE Week about the government’s…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews Apprenticeship inquiry calls for evidenceThe Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee is calling for evidence ahead of an inquiry into apprenticeships. Written…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship quality tackledA shake-up of apprenticeships will see all programmes for 16 to 18 year-olds take place for at least a…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews Skills Funding Agency to become an Executive AgencyThe Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will become an Executive Agency following a review of its status. Skills minister John Hayes,…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews All 16-18 apprenticeships to last at least one yearAll apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year-olds must last at least a year, Skills Minister John Hayes MP will…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews Jobs saved as National Extension College soldAn arm of the crisis hit Learning and Skills Network (LSN) has been sold. Ian Oakley-Smith, David Hurst and…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews NAO report critical of BIS and SFA bureaucracy reformGovernment efforts to reduce bureaucracy in further education (FE) lack clarity and the complete picture, according to a report…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNews Chris Shapcott (NAO) asks for “more detailed and clearer picture” of reformsWe spoke to Chris Shapcott, National Audit Office director of regulatory reform, about the NAO report titled ‘Reducing bureaucracy…FE Week Reporter 10yFE Week Reporter 10yNewer1604605606607608609610611612613614625Older
