News Exclusive Apprenticeship providers desperate for government support as starts plummet England’s largest apprenticeship providers have told FE Week that starts are “falling off a cliff” and redundancies are likely… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Apprentice assessment organisation hit by ‘significant cancellations’ A leading apprentice assessment organisation has told FE Week they are already experiencing “significant cancellations” following the coronavirus outbreak…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News College campuses must remain open indefinitely in response to coronavirus crisis Colleges will have to keep campuses open to vulnerable children and those of “key workers” indefinitely, including during the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive T-level assessment organisations call for 12 month delay The awarding bodies designing the first three T-levels have called on the government to delay their rollout by a… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Training providers demand income guarantee and relaxation of funding rules Ministers have been urged to guarantee training providers’ income and for the Department for Education to relax funding rules… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Training providers should also close their doors from Friday, minister tells AELP Independent training providers should close their doors from Friday afternoon until further notice like schools and colleges, the apprenticeships… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News FE Commissioner reveals how £80m rebuild and ‘significant failures’ put college’s future at risk Poor forecasting and management of an £80 million investment in a new building put a college in “crisis mode”… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus: Colleges ‘expected’ to close from Friday All colleges in England are “expected” to close from Friday as the government steps up its attempts to contain… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Schools to stay open for ‘key workers’ and vulnerable children only All schools in England are to be closed to most students from Friday in response to the coronavirus outbreak…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News First college in England announces phased closure The first college in England to close campuses and move to online learning in response to the Coronavirus outbreak… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus: AoC boss calls for emergency funding to keep colleges afloat College leaders are demanding emergency financial support be made available to keep them afloat during the Coronavirus pandemic. Association… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted brand 1,000 civil service apprenticeship programme with KPMG as ‘inadequate’ One of the ‘big four’ accounting firms that trains nearly 1,000 civil service apprentices has been slammed as ‘inadequate’… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 813 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
