News Finalists for AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2019 celebrated in Parliament The national finalists of the AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2019 were recognised and celebrated at a special reception at the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Government rules out giving employers more time to spend their apprenticeship levy funds The Department for Education has today ruled out demands for employers to be given more time to spend their… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted Watch: Adult and community learning providers make great gains Adult and community learning providers have come out the best from this week’s Ofsted reports as two improved to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Up to 50 jobs at risk at college group following £30m merger bailout Up to 50 jobs are on the line at a college group which last year received a £30 million… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ESFA to explore ‘flexibilities’ for T-level industry placement Government officials have revealed they are actively looking at ways to make the 315-hour minimum industry placement in T-levels… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Hadlow board inexperienced and in meltdown Serious governance failings and financial inexperience are in the spotlight at The Hadlow Group as the board goes into… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive NCG temporarily abandons search for new chief executive England’s largest college group has paused recruitment for a new chief executive after its initial hunt proved fruitless. NCG… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive ESFA apprenticeship assessment register needs to be ‘purged’ The government has been told to “purge” its official register of end-point assessment organisations (RoEPAO) after FE Week found… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Mystery no-notice ESFA audits spark provider anger Providers are fuming at the Education and Skills Funding Agency after officials started conducting short-notice mystery audits in the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Labour launches second National Education Service consultation The Labour Party has launched its second consultation on its plans for a National Education Service, which will explore… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Monthly apprenticeships update: Aug – Dec starts up 10% but down 24% on 2016 Figures for the apprenticeship starts published this morning for the period August to December 2018 are up 10 per… FE Week Reporter 6y FE Week Reporter 6y News NAO says National Apprenticeship Week a ‘good time’ to publish damning report into government oversight The National Audit Office is expected to publish its long awaited follow-up review on the state of the apprenticeships… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Newer 1 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 821 Older Must read 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo