News Exclusive ESFA pays apprenticeship firm £6m before terminating contract Owners of a new apprenticeship provider that quickly raked in £6 million have had their contract terminated after hundreds… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y 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 Adult education 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 Newer 1 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo