News Exclusive Revealed: ESFA investigation into fastest growing apprenticeship provider England’s fastest growing apprenticeship provider is under investigation by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and faces going bust,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA college threshold for more in-year 16-18 cash drops to as low as an extra 35 students The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today revealed a new in-year growth funding calculation for 16 to 18-year-olds… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Covid-19 UK pulls out of EuroSkills competition owing to Covid-19 uncertainty The UK will not take part in this year’s EuroSkills competition – the first time the country has pulled… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News, Sponsored post Sponsored Continuing delivery of flexible and safe end-point assessment in 2021 Despite the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) extending temporary flexibilities to support apprentices, further restrictions with national… Bridget Stockdale 5y Bridget Stockdale 5y News Ofsted confirms remote inspections extended until March 8 Ofsted has confirmed that in-person routine inspections will not be returning until March 8 at the earliest. The education… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Skills reform DfE expanding FE teacher recruitment programme with £3m tender Suppliers are being sought to bring as many as 4,000 teachers into the further education sector by 2025, as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Experienced sector leader appointed new Hull College Group chair The former principal of Trafford College has been made the new chair of Hull College Group, FE Week can… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Externally-set papers aren’t ‘exams by the back door’, says Ofqual chief Proposals for externally-set papers to help inform teacher GCSE and A-level grades this year are not “exams by the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Mayors want more courses included under lifetime skills guarantee Regional mayors are preparing to plead for courses to be added to the government’s lifetime skills guarantee offer after… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Registrations for DfE’s £1m ‘skills toolkit’ could be from all around the globe Registrations for courses on the government’s “skills toolkit” that have been celebrated by ministers could be coming from anywhere… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Influential MP calls for inquiry over fears £2bn Kickstart scheme has become ‘chancer’s charter’ The chair of an influential committee of MPs has called for an investigation into the government’s Kickstart scheme after… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Flagship £50m skills bootcamps prioritise courses dominated by men The government’s £50 million rollout of the skills bootcamps policy has come under fire for only funding sectors heavily… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 821 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
