News Subcontracting warning from government after £20m Brooklands College scandal The boss of the Education and Skills Funding Agency has sent a sector-wide letter warning she will take strong… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Boss of AoC critical of vice-chancellors spending university cash on ‘wine and beer’ The Augar report could be “dead” after university vice-chancellors whinged they couldn’t “possibly survive” on slashed tuition fees “because… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Minister admits no power to stop Stourbridge College becoming residential flats An education minister has admitted the government has no power to preserve Stourbridge College’s site for educational use, heightening… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Revealed: The awarding bodies delivering the second wave of T-levels The awarding organisations that will develop, deliver and award the seven T-levels being rolled out from 2021 are NCFE… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News T-levels dropped by education secretary’s former sixth form ahead of 2020 launch The education secretary’s former sixth form college has pulled out of offering two T-level pathways ahead of their launch… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Sector reacts to education secretary’s promise to ‘supercharge’ FE The education secretary Gavin Williamson put FE centre stage during an impassioned speech at the Conservative Party Conference today…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Williamson pledges to ‘supercharge’ FE and overtake Germany within a decade The education secretary has promised to deliver a “revolution in technical education”, and announced a target of overtaking Germany… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE to tender for 8 new Institutes of Technology A further eight Institutes of Technology are to be created by the government through a new £120 million tender,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News First college to win Careers and Enterprise Company award Westminster Kingsway College has become the first ever college to win a gong at the Careers and Enterprise Company’s… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted watch: Popular Italian restaurant chain served delectable report A popular Italian restaurant chain has been served a complimentary report by Ofsted during a week of mostly positive… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Hull College Group ‘independent’ investigation into leadership led by college’s own lawyer The independent investigation into Hull College Group is being led by a lawyer who has a long history with… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Colleges blame poor publicity and bad design for low traineeships take-up Less than a third of colleges are currently offering traineeships to 16 to 18-year-olds, FE Week analysis of new… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 811 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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