News Coronavirus: College to build extra classrooms for anticipated spike in student numbers A sixth-form has brought forward plans to build extra temporary classrooms as colleges across the country brace themselves for… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive Frameworks set for stay of execution The government is considering a U-turn on its planned date to switch off old-style apprenticeship frameworks as providers raise… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive ESFA seeks legal advice in face of unpublished Ofsted reports The Education and Skills Funding Agency is taking legal advice on whether it can intervene at new providers before… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Government to take ownership of colleges The government is working on a plan to bring colleges in England back into public ownership, FE Week understands…. Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News DfE relaxes traineeship rules The Department for Education has relaxed its requirement for students on traineeship programmes to record 100 hours of work… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Speed read: Highlights from our webinar with Toby Perkins FE Week was joined by Labour’s shadow minister for apprenticeships and lifelong learning Toby Perkins on Monday for our… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Low Pay Commission calls on government to better protect apprentices The government has been urged to take action against recurrent “very high levels” of illegally low apprentice wages. The… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA delays full rollout of digital apprenticeship system to April 2021 The full transition onto the digital apprenticeship system has been delayed by four months, the Education and Skills Funding… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Controversial closure plans to go ahead for college campus A cash-strapped college group has confirmed it will close one of its rural campuses this summer in the face… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Back to the drawing board for apprenticeship funding rate reform The government’s apprenticeships quango has announced it will launch a second funding rate consultation – days before the deadline… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y AEB AEB funding rules published in draft – but without threatened subcontracting limits Draft rules for funding the adult education budget in 2020/21 have not included any changes to subcontracting despite the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted releases reports for inspections pre-Covid – but only the positive ones Ofsted has begun publishing FE and skills inspection reports again. Four new reports, based on pre-coronavirus visits, appeared on… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 813 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
