Feature, News Incorporation: The end of an experiment or the end of a myth? Ministers are considering taking colleges back into government control, as revealed last week in these pages. But, Jess Staufenberg… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jess Staufenberg 5y News Exclusive Milton slams lack of ‘joined-up thinking’ that led to college bailouts A former skills minster has described the “nonsense” of her colleagues setting up schools that competed with the struggling… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Boris reveals college face-to-face plans must be delayed until 15 June at earliest The prime minister has unexpectedly announced a two week delay to when colleges can begin their wider reopening of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Union blasts college redundancy plans during coronavirus crisis as “unnecessary and unfair” A large general FE college has announced its seventh round of job cuts in six years. Blackburn College has… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Ofqual publish final plans for exam alternatives this summer This afternoon, as promised, Ofqual has published final details for their “exceptional arrangements for awarding qualifications this summer”. Click… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News Exclusive Exam boards seeking more than £16 million from DfE for Covid flexibility costs A “formal” request for more than £16 million to be “reimbursed” has been submitted by awarding organisations (AOs) to… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News Second college merger postponed due to Covid-19 A merger involving a college that previously warned it was dependent upon the move for survival has been delayed… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y AEB Exclusive ESFA rejects one-third of all AEB and non-levy supplier relief applications A third of training providers that bid for the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s apprenticeship and adult education Covid-19… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Minister rules out delay to framework switch-off after ‘careful consideration’ Gillian Keegan has ruled out an extension to the switch-off date for starts on old-style apprenticeships, known as frameworks,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Colleges in administration enter second year with more delays The transfer to new ownership for the first colleges to be placed by the government into insolvency has been… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College set to close with the loss of 117 jobs A land-based college is set to close next year with the potential loss of 117 jobs following an FE… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News How to take part: the FE Week BIG FE & Skills Quiz Fed up of lockdown? Fancy getting that brain back into gear? Want to nerd out with some other FE… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y Newer 1 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 808 Older Must read 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
