News

Former FE lecturer turned MP appointed new Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network chair

A Conservative MP who worked as a further education lecturer for 20 years has been appointed chair of the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

All apprenticeship providers told to reapply to RoATP yet again

All providers on the government’s register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP) will need to reapply yet again over the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

NAW 2021 | FE White paper & the next phase of apprenticeship reform (recording)

Yesterday afternoon a group of sector leaders and policymakers took part in an FE Week roundtable to mark National…

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
News

Shadow education secretary celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with ‘top class’ virtual tour

Shadow education secretary Kate Green has made her first visit, virtually, to an independent training provider to celebrate National…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Skills reform

Williamson ‘strongly encourages’ colleges to embrace lifetime skills guarantee level 3 offer

The education secretary has urged colleges to embrace the new level 3 offer under the lifetime skills guarantee as…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Association of Colleges Beacon Award 2021 winners announced

Eleven colleges that showcase “the best and most innovative practice” in the sector have been honoured at the Association…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


News

ESFA finally launches £73m adult education budget tender

The long-awaited national adult education budget tender has been launched by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Bids for…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Pace of external quality assurance transferring to Ofqual slows to a crawl

Providers will be stuck paying for external quality assurance (EQA) for even longer than planned, as the process of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Turing Scheme to open for bids next month

Bids for the UK’s new £110 million Turing Scheme will open to universities, FE providers and schools next month….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Sponsored post

What does inclusivity in education look like?

After this last year, more people are aware that just because we’re in this together, doesn’t mean we all…

Cognassist
Cognassist
Skills reform

FE recruitment drive ‘pipedream’ without pay rises

Government aspirations to bolster the FE workforce “will be nothing more than a pipedream” unless colleges are given funding…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Talks under way on threshold rate for college adult education under-delivery

Intense negotiations are taking place within government to determine the extent to which colleges will again be allowed to…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

Must read

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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor