News London plans to pull funding for 32 out-of-area colleges More than 30 colleges based outside London are set to lose millions in funding for delivering training to adults… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News West Kent & Ashford College has debts of over £100m to almost 70 organisations The second college to enter education administration has debts and liabilities of more than £100 million to over 60… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Payout given to retiring principal must be paid back A university has been told to repay £119,000 by its funding body after an investigation found a payout to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Gillian Keegan appointed apprenticeships and skills minister Gillian Keegan has been named as the new apprenticeships and skills minister. She joined the Department for Education as… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Renewed calls for skills tax credits as budget looms With the budget less than a month away, and the prime minister confirming the apprenticeship levy needs reform, there… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News WorldSkills bootcamp: what does it take to be a competitor? As the run-up to WorldSkills 2021 picks up pace, FE Week reporter Fraser Whieldon went behind-the-scenes at a Squad… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive College groups struggling to shine as Ofsted visits for first time More than half of all young learners who enrolled in September at ungraded merged FE colleges now find themselves… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted watch: Two providers lose ‘outstanding’ grades One college and one private provider lost their ‘outstanding’ grades in a mixed week for the FE sector. Gateshead… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Could Wolf persuade the PM to revive night schools? Part-time evening courses were once a route that allowed tens of thousands of adults to retrain. But government funding… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted updates report after grades omission fiasco Ofsted has been forced to revise a published inspection report after being made aware it was missing both apprenticeship… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Government slashes £11m from £20m adult traineeship budget The Department for Education is to cut the budget for adult traineeships by more than half from August 2020…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News New Boris adviser would ‘take a flamethrower’ to adult education policy Professor Alison Wolf is now working three days a week advising Number 10 on FE policy ahead of the… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y Newer 1 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 839 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
