News New Boris adviser would ‘take a flamethrower’ to adult education policy Professor Alison Wolf is now working three days a week advising Number 10 on FE policy ahead of the… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News Exclusive London’s mega-college to be hit with a grade three A large London college group wrestling with an unexpected £10 million deficit is set to receive a grade three… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive Provider advertises £30k reward in return for their ‘achieved learners’ A training provider is offering a reward of just under £30,000 for simply adding their data on achieved learners… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Inspectorate apologises to college principal after reversing grade four Ofsted has apologised and overturned a provisional ‘inadequate’ judgement after a college complained when inspectors alleged that student safety… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Lord Agnew to leave the DfE Lord Agnew is to leave the Department for Education, FE Week’s sister paper FE Week understands. The junior academies… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Crisis hit HS2 college hires lawyers to gag Ofsted The crisis hit National College for HS2 has hired a team of lawyers to stop Ofsted publishing a highly… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Donelan promoted to universities minister and says FE to be decided tomorrow Michelle Donelan has been appointed as the new universities minister – and has not ruled out also taking on… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Gavin Williamson keeps education secretary role Gavin Williamson is to stay on as education secretary following a post-Brexit ministerial reshuffle. However, it’s not known whether… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Northern Powerhouse Partnership director tells education ministers they’ve ‘run out of time’ The director of George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse Partnership has called for skills policy to be fully devolved from Whitehall,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Williamson announces plan to scrap 5,000 qualifications – but will anybody notice? A consultation on plans to remove funding for more than 5,000 legacy qualifications at level three and below has… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ministerial ‘gap’ at the DfE needs to be resolved soon, says Tory MP A Conservative MP has called for the “gap” at the Department of Education for a dedicated apprenticeships and skills… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofsted grade 3 forces mega-college to appeal not to be kicked off the T-levels roll-out A college is bidding to stay on the T-level programme and prevent another cold spot from opening up after… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 804 Older Must read 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 7d Anviksha Patel 7d 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo
