News Apprenticeship providers forced to report off-the-job hours after NAO criticises lack of oversight Providers will be forced to log apprentices’ off-the-job training hours from September, following high-profile concern about non-compliance with the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News IfA’s second funding band review: 10 of 30 standards signed off Funding bands for 10 of the 30 apprenticeship standards under review by the Institute for Apprenticeships since last December… Simon Kay 6y Simon Kay 6y News College that received £21.9m bailout to cut 39 jobs Nearly 40 staff are expected to lose their jobs as part of a restructure at a college that received… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE launches consultation on improving SEND funding arrangements for colleges The Department for Education has today launched a consultation on how to improve funding arrangements for learners with high… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Ofsted watch: Universities stand out, while some big colleges fall short Universities have stood out from the pack this week, while other types of providers have not done as well,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Justice secretary asked to intervene in substantial prison education job losses The University and College Union has written to the justice secretary urging him to intervene over a training provider’s… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News PAC to scrutinise careers quango that is failing to pay its way MPs will investigate whether careers funding is achieving value for money after the government abandoned plans to make the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Minister and local MP in ‘shock’ at ‘tragic’ decision to close Stourbridge College The decision to close down Stourbridge College was a “shock”, the digital minister and town’s local MP has said,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News AoC Sport National Championships: south east reigns victorious The southeast retained the coveted Wilkinson Sword trophy when it stormed to victory for the third successive year at… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Former college staff get a chance to challenge FE Commissioner reports Former employees or governors criticised in FE commissioner reports can now read and challenge the report before it is… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive England’s largest teacher union wants colleges back under local authority control The boss of England’s biggest teaching union has told FE Week it is “blindingly obvious” that colleges should be… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News HS2 college needed last-minute DfE bailout to sign off accounts The government had to promise a last-minute gift of £4.55 million to avoid a National College being unable to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 830 Older Must read 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 3d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
