News ESFA to demand staff and pay data from all providers The government is to force all colleges and training providers to submit workforce and pay data to “ensure” they… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Over 500 FE lecturers to come from industry as part of £24m support package ‘boost’ Over 500 people working in technical roles are to be enticed into training to be further education lecturers as… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ESFA launches subcontracting consultation Views are being sought by the Education and Skills Funding Agency on proposed changes to their subcontracting rules –… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Government to consult on subcontracting limits The government is set to launch its consultation on a radical overhaul of subcontracting rules this week – and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Minister admits first funding rate increase in 7 years is below inflation The first 16 to 19 funding rate increase since 2013 fails to even pay for inflation, a minister has… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA apprenticeship roadshow to cross the country Providers are being invited to a series of roadshows to find out more about non-levy paying businesses transitioning to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Halfon: FE must recognise ‘step forward’ in funding even if it’s not a ‘giant leap’ The FE sector needs to recognise that government has “made a step forward, even if it may not be… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Major energy company among swathe of ‘good’ results A major energy firm was among six training providers to be rated ‘good’ by Ofsted in a positive week… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive College’s T-level delivery in jeopardy The government is reviewing whether a large college group approved to start delivering T-levels from 2021 should be kicked… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Crackdown on 16-18 residential data in wake of cladding concerns The government will write to all colleges and universities with residential learners aged 16 to 18 after officials found… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Coupland: ‘Public funding for management apprenticeships is perfectly legitimate’ The new chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has given her backing to scarce levy… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Is September too early for Ofsted inspectors to call? A college has questioned the “rationale” of Ofsted inspecting them within days of the new academic year starting. However,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 821 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