News Exclusive Swithenbank’s payoff revealed as auditors confirm financial regulations breached The former chief executive of Hull College Group received £219,000 last year, despite only being in post for 67… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Tripling traineeships: no growth yet, but new providers remain upbeat The government has failed to boost radically the number of traineeships in the first half of the year –… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges will need to do their own funding audits – ESFA rules The government body responsible for funding assurance appears to have lost confidence in itself. The Education and Skills Funding… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Controversial adult funding threshold dropped to 68% – but only for Liverpool A mayoral authority has set a 68 per cent clawback threshold for its devolved adult education budget, in a… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Cash-strapped college announces merger partner A struggling college has announced plans to merge with one of the biggest college groups in the country next… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Well-known college CEO named as new FE Commissioner The chief executive of one of the country’s largest college groups has been appointed as the next FE Commissioner…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Sponsored BTEC Awards 2021: Deadline Extended You now have until Friday 16 April (midnight GMT) to submit a nomination for the BTEC Awards 2021. We… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y News First college in England to gain nursing course approval revealed The first college in the country to have its own nursing provision approved for direct delivery has been revealed… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Labour claims 9.4m jobs excluded from flagship lifetime skills guarantee Over 9.4 million people are working in sectors excluded from the government’s new adult level 3 offer under its… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Interim FE Commissioner revealed Frances Wadsworth is set to be appointed as the interim FE Commissioner, FE Week can reveal. The former college… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Race commission shines spotlight on apprenticeship ‘disparities’ The government’s commission on racial disparities has called for a new apprenticeship recruitment campaign “highly-targeted” at young people “facing… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News ESFA rules out college pleas to soften funding clawback following Treasury intervention Colleges will not be allowed to submit a business case to avoid adult education funding being clawed back, the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
