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Ofqual reduce £50,000 apprenticeship assessment body fine to £8,595

Ofqual is penalising an end-point assessment organisation to the tune of £8,595 after it admitted to a “series of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

UCU suspends 14 day strike after college offers new deal

Extensive strikes due to start at Nottingham College today were called off at the eleventh hour after leaders offered…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted to research subcontracting in FE

Ofsted is launching research into FE subcontracting – off the back of government plans for a radical overhaul of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Sixth form college leaders failed to spot ‘terminal’ finances

A sixth form college principal and governing body failed to identify its “now terminal” financial position, the Department for…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

UCU agrees deal to end long-running dispute at cash-strapped college

A deal to end a long-running dispute at Bradford College has been reached after it agreed to a series…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

ESFA announce 16-18 funding uplift for ‘crucial’ subjects

The government has today announced a further funding increase for 16 to 18 year-old students as part of the…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Pre-election rules delay Ofsted’s annual report

Ofsted will delay publication of its annual report as it seeks to avoid making any statements that relate to…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

‘Unfair’ funding rule costs colleges £1.5m

Colleges have hit back at the “unfair” English and maths condition of funding rule after FE Week found more…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

REVEALED: 2019 Asian Apprenticeship Awards winners

A learner who works at a major UK bank after spending most of her life in Pakistan and a…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Stourbridge College building on verge of sale to 350 year-old £12k a year state boarding school

A college which was controversially closed in the summer is set to be sold to a £12,000 a year…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Ofsted watch: College struggling ahead of demerger, as ITPs see ups and downs

A college is struggling to get up to snuff ahead of a demerger, as independent providers see ups and…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2020 deadline extended

The deadline for the 2020 FE Week and AELP AAC Apprenticeship Awards has been extended due to demand. The…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel