News Apprenticeship subcontracts halved since 2017 levy launch Apprenticeship subcontracting has more than halved since the introduction of the levy in April 2017, new FE Week analysis… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive DfE U-turns on loans write-off for learners The government has agreed to write off the loans for another group of learners left with no qualifications after… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive Ofsted struck fee deal to end legal challenge Ofsted struck a deal to pay their own legal fees in return for the college for HS2 dropping their… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive SFC to be first to remove Catholic status A sixth-form college in Blackburn is set to be the first of its kind to remove its Catholic status,… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive Apprenticeship providers struggling to adapt to new Ofsted framework? Last September Ofsted began inspecting apprenticeship providers using their new framework. Out went the Common Inspection Framework (CIF), in… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Apprenticeships quango adviser quits after breaking advertising rules An adviser to the government’s apprenticeship quango has quit after FE Week found he had set up an assessment… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Game over for level 2 business admin apprenticeship Hopes for a level 2 business administration standard were shattered today after the new boss of the government’s apprenticeship… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofqual win: Employers to lose ownership of quality assuring apprentice assessments The government is consulting on plans to dump employers when it comes to external quality assurance of apprentices –… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Apprenticeship starts fall 12 percent in December The number of apprenticeship starts in England plunged by 12 per cent in December, according to government figures published… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News MBA apprenticeship faces cull as Williamson ‘unconvinced’ The education secretary has demanded a review into the controversial MBA apprenticeship “to safeguard the integrity of the apprenticeship… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y Governance Government to tender for college board recruitment and audit service The Department for Education has announced it will be piloting a college governor recruitment scheme and board performance audits…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE launches £9m College Collaboration Fund to replace £15m Strategic College Improvement Fund The education secretary Gavin Williamson is launching a new £9 million “collaboration” fund in a bid to improve governance… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
