News Revealed: Government appoints two new board members at apprenticeships quango Two new members have been appointed to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s (IfATE) board. John Cope and… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Apprentices to be given functional skills reprieve after being ‘stuck in limbo’ A flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment before their functional skills exam is set to be… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Government mass survey of employers finds training fallen to lowest level since 2011 The proportion of staff being trained has dropped to its lowest level since 2011, according to the government’s latest… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Skills minister ‘hopeful’ free level 3 quals will be revealed next month The skills minister has said she is “hopeful” the list of free, first, full level 3 qualifications being funded… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News £100m pilot integrated into £2.5bn National Skills Fund The government’s national retraining scheme pilot has been rolled into the national skills fund, Gillian Keegan announced today. In… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Confirmed: Most GCSE and A-level exams pushed back three weeks Students will still sit one GCSE English and one GCSE maths exam before the summer half term next year,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Covid-19 forecasting app for colleges launched A new app that forecasts the spread of Covid-19 in colleges has been launched. Developed by the University of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Queen’s Birthday Honours: Who received what in FE? A former college principal who championed further education and skills as a member of Parliament has been knighted in… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Colleges set to repeat foodbank partnership A college group is planning on providing festive relief to families in need this Christmas by bringing back its… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE publishes 8 college intervention reports on a Friday after lengthy delay The Department for Education has this morning published eight intervention reports based on FE Commissioner visits that in some… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News Labour Party calls out ‘pitiful’ underinvestment in college estates Labour has castigated the Conservatives for their “pitiful” investment in college estates, after a minister revealed that the average… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Covid blamed as targets revised at flagship Institutes of Technology Covid is being blamed for recruitment concerns at the government’s new flagship Institutes of Technology (IoT), FE Week can… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 813 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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
