News Bidders remain in the dark as DfE delays Institutes of Technology tender results The Institutes of Technology tender has fallen behind schedule, with the final 16 providers left waiting to be told… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y Feature, News The principal who took over two failed colleges and came out smiling Mike Hopkins has more experience than most principals of overseeing college mergers. In January of this year South and… Catherine Murray 7y Catherine Murray 7y News Revealed: The 34 colleges with £270m of government loans and bailouts last year The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has revealed the colleges with millions in government loans and bailouts. According… Simon Kay 7y Simon Kay 7y News Exclusive Chartered Institute of FE admits to having no employees The Chartered Institution for Further Education has been left with no employees after its CEO quietly stood down in… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Two years since the levy launched, skills minister reflects on success of a ‘carrot and stick’ policy Employers with a payroll of £3 million or more made their first monthly apprenticeship levy payment in April 2017… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: UTC jumps from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ A university technical college was celebrating this week after it climbed its way up from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’, while… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Universities and training providers clash on apprenticeship priorities It is “entirely unacceptable” to expect public sector employers to subsidise low-level apprenticeships for chefs and hairdressers, a university… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Overspend: GLA warns of risk to AEB devo project The Greater London Authority has denied that devolution of the adult education budget is at risk due to spiralling… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive It’s FE Week wot won it: 5 month mystery of missing £300k levy ‘resolved’ by ESFA The Education and Skills Funding Agency has finally returned £300,000 to a large high-profile employer within hours of FE… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Third of apprentices on standards not ready for planned end-point assessment in 2017/18 One-third of apprentices on standards were not ready for their planned end-point assessment last year, the government has revealed…. Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Investigation by statistics watchdog after ESFA lists ‘unreliable’ providers The country’s national statistics regulator is investigating whether the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s apprenticeship achievement rate data can… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News AoC ‘disappointed’ local sustainability reviews won’t include schools The Association of Colleges has criticised the Department for Education’s new local area reviews for not including small “non-viable”… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y Newer 1 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 830 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
