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 T Levels DfE unveils plans for a new T Level in marketing Officials want the qualification up and running from 2025 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 812 Older 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 4d Jessica Hill 4d Long read, Prison education Long read 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
