News AAC Awards 2021 winners revealed The elite of the country’s apprentice employers, providers and sector leaders were honoured at the FE Week-AELP Annual Apprenticeship… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Another ESFA delay after 16-19 tuition fund applications put back to autumn The window for colleges to opt into the second year of the 16 to 19 tuition fund has been… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Education MPs endorse Saxton as new Ofqual boss The education select committee has endorsed the appointment of Dr Jo Saxton as chief regulator of Ofqual. Saxton, a… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y AEB AEB tender result deadline ditched as ESFA now just ‘hope’ to provide an update Government officials have said they “hope” to provide an update on the delayed results for the adult education budget… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Winners of 2021 BTEC Awards unveiled An emergency services volunteer and a carer who juggled looking after her disabled sister with studying are two of… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Shane Chowen announced as new FE Week editor Shane Chowen has been appointed as the new editor of FE Week. He will take the reins in August… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Lowest paid and those with least qualifications most likely to miss out on training, says report Degree-level learners are over four times more likely to access further training throughout their life than those with no… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Winners of the 2021 Festival of Learning awards announced A domestic abuse survivor and a learner who retrained in engineering after losing her chef career in a motorbike… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Ofsted finds learners unaware they are on an apprenticeship A private provider has been suspended from taking on new learners after Ofsted found a “few cases” of apprentices… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Easing Covid restrictions: What FE providers need to know The government plans to remove bubbles and social distancing rules in FE providers from July 19, the education secretary… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News ‘Policy not politics’: New Ofqual boss attempts to play down independence fears Jo Saxton has said she would “absolutely speak out” as Ofqual boss if she felt any government decisions were… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Winners of delayed £18m skills bootcamp tender revealed The training providers and colleges chosen to deliver the remaining national skills bootcamp programmes have finally been named. FE… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 804 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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
