News Exclusive College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state unblocks staff access to FE Week Highbury College has unblocked access to FE Week on its internet servers following heavy backlash from government officials and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE U-turns over study programme rule change The Education and Skills Funding Agency has U-turned on plans to bar 16- to 19-year-olds who’ve passed GCSE maths… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News College claims Institute of Technology bid ‘not in jeopardy’ despite Ofsted grade three A college that has plummeted two Ofsted grades from its previous ‘outstanding’ has insisted its bid to open an… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News, Uncategorized MPs from all sides call for an end to six years of real-term FE funding rate cuts There was cross-party and unanimous condemnation from dozens of MPs over real-terms cuts to FE funding during a Parliamentary… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Fully fund level 3 to 5 training in ‘skills shortage areas’, AoC proposes The adult education budget should be used to fully fund training at levels three to five in skills shortage… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Exclusive New Learndirect owner wins £20m in ESFA contracts Learndirect has started to win government funding to deliver skills training again, after its new owner secured more than… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Charity to test new GCSE maths curriculum for controversial resits policy A maths charity has been awarded £60,000 to investigate the “feasibility” of a new GCSE curriculum in the subject… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News £2m bank charge for college clearing debt with bailout A cash-strapped college has spent almost £2 million of the bailout cash it received from the government on bank… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Ofsted watch: Two NHS trusts hit with poor reports Two NHS trusts have been put in intensive care this week, following poor Ofsted reports – one a monitoring… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Top-performing college owed £500k pulls out of Saudi Arabia programme A college has terminated its contract with the controversial Saudi Arabian Colleges of Excellence programme due to “on-going delays”… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Colleges congratulated as FE funding tops DfE’s correspondence league tables FE funding was the most popular topic of correspondence from MPs and stakeholders to education ministers in the last… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News College hiding principal’s expenses ‘skirting with possible criminal offence’ A college which “shocked” the skills minister this week after it blocked FE Week’s website from its internet servers… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 805 Older Must read 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 6d Billy Camden 6d 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
