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Long-awaited information on the apprenticeship levy is finally due to be released this Friday, after a series of delays. The details, which were originally expected in June, will now be distributed via press release at the end of the week on August 12, the Department for Education has confirmed to FE Week. FE Week revealed […]
News
Performing arts students who took to the streets to save their courses are celebrating after college leaders decided against cutting them. FE Week reported on the protest by a large group of Burton and South Derbyshire College learners — many of whom were expecting to continue in the second year of performing arts courses after […]
Hold-ups to key FE announcements and reports caused by recent government upheavals are undermining planning for next academic year, sector leaders have warned. Concern is mounting that post-Brexit ministerial changes and the decision to transfer responsibility for skills and apprenticeships to the Department for Education (DfE) has caused the machinery of government to grind to […]
Updated guidance on the apprenticeship levy which was due out in June may now be postponed until September, FE Week understands. FE Week submitted an enquiry to the Department for Education (DfE) about a potential change to the release date – which would be the second delay so far – but the DfE refused to confirm or deny the prospect. […]
Apprenticeships have secured a place on the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) early autumn programme of work this year. They feature among ten topics for the committee’s inquiries in September and October, which have been published on the parliament.uk website. Other areas for inquiry include child protection and the financial sustainability of local government. The decision comes […]
There was much to welcome in the Sainsbury Review proposals for technical education, according to Graham Hasting-Evans, but he thinks the idea of licensing a single awarding organisation for each of the 15 new “high quality” vocational routes is a poor one. Here’s why: The fact the UK does not perform well in the world […]
Opinion
An ‘outstanding’ college was chosen by Justine Greening MP as her first FE institution for a visit since she became education secretary. The new minister, who replaced Nicky Morgan earlier this month, was given a tour of Walsall College — which was the first to receive a grade one Ofsted rating under the inspectorate’s previous […]
A government skills agency has set aside £2m to pay off its staff following confirmation of its closure. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) announced in March that its funding for 2016/17 was going to be withdrawn but no staff exits were yet agreed. But in the agency’s annual accounts report, published today, […]
It’s full steam ahead for the levy launch — with the Department for Education (DfE) set to unveil a delayed document spelling out new apprenticeship funding arrangements in the next few days. The government had been due to provide further funding information for apprenticeship reforms last month, but former skills minister Nick Boles warned delegates […]
