News Exclusive Brooklands College may be forced to sell historic building A college fighting for survival is considering selling a historic building, FE Week understands. Brooklands College is in severe… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive DfE raps company claiming to be approved apprenticeship provider The government has written to a new training firm demanding it stops claiming to high-profile employers it can deliver… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive OfS urged to ‘get a move on’ and inspect apprenticeship quality A former adviser to the minister for higher education has expressed “concern” that dozens of providers delivering level 6… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Computer game and ’80 piece’ orchestra spend investigated at Hull College The husband of the chief executive at a college surviving on bailout funding used the marketing budget to hire… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News FAB award winners 2019 unveiled A provider of British Sign Language qualifications and an engineering awarding organisation are among the winners of this year’s… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofqual chief has three questions for awarding organisations as part of crackdown Ofqual’s chief regulator has tasked awarding organisations with answering three questions as part of the watchdog’s work on ensuring… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Monthly apprenticeships update: July starts up just 2% on last year Apprenticeship starts for the month of July 2019 are up just 2 per cent on the previous year and… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News FAB chair to make 5 wishes to education secretary Federation of Awarding Bodies chair Paul Eeles will make five wishes to education secretary Gavin Williamson at the membership… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Fourth content review of apprenticeship standards launched Apprenticeships covering agriculture, environment and animal care will be probed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Nottingham College staff call for their CEO and chair to resign Staff at a college embroiled in a bitter contracts row have delivered a vote of no confidence in their… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofqual wants to ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking exam boards Ofqual is proposing to change how it punishes awarding organisations who are non-compliant with new “public rebukes” and fixed… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Another 14 strike days announced at college involved in contracts row Nottingham College will be hit with yet more “unprecedented” strikes next month after staff accused their leaders of reneging… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 811 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
