News Learners starting FE loans funded courses falls for third consecutive year The number of people taking out advanced learner loans in the first quarter of the academic year has fallen… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Apprenticeship starts up on 2017/18 – but still down on 2016/17 Apprenticeship starts are up 15 per cent for the first quarter of 2018/19 compared with the same period in… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Colleges will put learners on inappropriate courses without funding increase, warns Ofsted boss Colleges are likely to increase the amount of courses that “attract the most learners” but which don’t offer “real… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Exclusive Revealed: The 36 providers in the running for Manchester’s AEB funding The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has revealed the providers that have made it through to the final round of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 Newer 1 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 810 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
