Apprenticeships

Why do so many apprentices drop out? New research offers answers

‘First of its kind research’ also compares outcomes and destinations of apprentices completers and non-completers

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Training Providers

Provider for disadvantaged young people to close after 40 years

Plummeting student numbers has caused income to rapidly decline

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Top DfE civil servants grilled on skills reforms: 6 things we learned

Officials say they are ‘pretty confident’ employer-led system is right direction of travel…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Training Providers

Training provider and college reps announce ‘strategic coalition’

‘Disparate’ organisations AELP, AoC and City & Guilds are joining forces

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Qualifications, Skills reform

DfE delays ‘devastating’ level 2 qualification reforms for a year

But plans to scrap thousands of level 2 and below courses go ahead

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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News

Revealed: The winners of the Nasen Awards 2022

Eighteen schools, colleges, individuals and organisations recognised for work supporting children with SEND

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Austerity 2.0: Hunt warns of spending cuts

Chancellor says ‘all departments’ will need to find savings, and ‘some areas of spending will need to be cut’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Feature, News

A silencing sector? Non-disclosure agreements and media policies in FE

Everyone gets why non-disclosure agreements and strict media engagement rules are used in colleges. But concerns are growing that…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
UTCs

NHS targets UTCs for ‘digital health’ skills shortfall

The NHS estimates 30,000 ‘digital health’ professionals will be needed by 2030

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Training Providers

LifeSkills goes into administration after DfE finds ‘data irregularities’

Almost 500 students and 80 staff impacted

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Exams

‘Difficult to swallow’: Leaders criticise exam fee hikes of up to 17%

Exam boards will earn several million pounds more from schools and colleges – but say they have to cover…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal

Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal

Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel