News DfE launches £95m capital fund for wave two T-level providers The Department for Education is stumping up an extra £95 million to help upgrade the facilities of the 64… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive College leaders brand use of bailout funds ‘staggering’ The government has come under fire from successful college leaders after a series of FE Week freedom of information… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive School leaders take another Agnew tongue-lashing for apprenticeship failings Headteachers at schools across England will again be reminded by ministers of their legal duty to promote apprenticeships, as… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Government research finds policy makers contributed to National College failures The government’s own researchers have slammed policy makers for exacerbating National Colleges failures, according to an evaluation report into… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exams regulator finds colleges put learners’ needs before funding in ‘first time’ research Learners are “at the heart” of schools’, colleges’ and training providers’ decisions about the qualifications they offer, according to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Union to sue construction firms for deducting apprenticeship levy from wages “Thousands” of workers have been forced to pay the apprenticeship levy from their wages owing to a loophole in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News FE commissioner annual report: Colleges entering formal intervention rises by two-thirds The number of colleges entering formal intervention rose by two-thirds on the previous year, mostly due to historical “weak… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y 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 Newer 1 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 830 Older Must read Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 5d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5d Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
