News Over 500 finalists prepare for action at WorldSkills UK LIVE Five hundred and thirty finalists will be battling it out to see who will be crowned their skill’s national… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive Jobs lost as training provider closes amid fraud allegations An England-based training provider owned by a college in Wales has closed down amid multiple investigations into allegations that… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Recruitment drive as ESFA cracks down on compliance The Education and Skills Funding Agency is bolstering its compliance and prevention teams amid high-profile cases of provider failure… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Milton reflects on her time as skills minister Anne Milton’s tenure as apprenticeships and skills minister came to an abrupt end on 23 July when she resigned… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Brooklands future in the balance in £20m apprenticeship subcontracting scandal A college’s future is in doubt after officials demanded it pays up to £20 million back to the government… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Meet the FE Commissioner’s new cost-cutting boss Controversial minister Lord Agnew has been given responsibility for a new college financial warning system, as well as oversight… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ‘Colleges still running out of money’, claims top ESFA official A top director in the Education and Skills Funding Agency has warned that colleges are “still running out of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Providers urge ESFA to U-turn on plans to collect delivered off-the-job training hours The Association of Employment and Learning Providers is lobbying government to U-turn on its proposal to introduce yet another… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Lord Agnew to help with FE and skills brief at DfE Yet another minister in the Department for Education has been given some responsibility for further education. It was announced… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Welsh college rapped by Ofsted A Welsh college is to be suspended from recruiting apprentices in England after Ofsted found it making ‘insufficient progress’… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Commission calls for ‘demoralising’ GCSE English to be replaced GCSE English in schools should be scrapped and replaced by a new qualification that could be sat at any… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News ESFA suspends another 23 providers from recruiting apprentices Twenty three more new training providers have received temporary bans on recruiting apprentices following early Ofsted inspections that found… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y Newer 1 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 18h Shane Chowen 18h Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
