Colleges, Exams Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Covid-19 Just £9m of adult education and non-levy apprenticeship relief funding released Training providers were handed less than £9 million as part of a relief scheme to support adult education courses… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Provider and DfE agree terms and avoid High Court battle over terminated contract An undisclosed settlement was agreed Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Industrial action Union threatens results days as staff mull strike action A pay dispute at AQA could see staff walk out over the summer, but bosses say union strike threats… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Apprenticeships Top levy-funded apprenticeship providers for past 2 years reavealed Lifetime Training has continued its dominance Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges DfE to rename college comparison website as performance tables return Government says this will signal not to make ‘direct comparisons’ without asking colleges how Covid affected them Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y AEB ESFA increases adult education over-delivery threshold But under-delivery has reverted to the pre-pandemic threshold Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Ofsted in the spotlight Come and inspect the inspectorate with The FE Week Podcast! Education journalist Jess Staufenberg speaks to former inspectors, current… Jess Staufenberg 3y The FE Week Podcast 3y Colleges Union rejects AoC’s ‘totally unacceptable’ new pay offer for college staff The pay offer has been upped to 2.5% from 2.25% Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Exams Colleges told to raid own coffers to get students to exams during rail strike DfE says and FE providers are ‘best placed to prioritise their spending to support their pupils and students’ during… Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Feature, News Long read Focus feature: National Union of Students and FE Despite an impressive history of wins for FE students, is it now time for a radical shake-up of the… Jess Staufenberg 3y Jess Staufenberg 3y Newer 1 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 803 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
