News Revealed: WorldSkills UK LIVE 2018 competition results Over 200 of the UK’s most highly skilled apprentices and tradespeople were celebrated at the closing ceremony of WorldSkills… FE Week Reporter 6y FE Week Reporter 6y News Exclusive NAO to review why thousands of apprentices are going unregulated Concern over thousands of apprentices without a regulator responsible for checking the quality of their training is being reviewed… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Low take up of scheme to transfer levy funds from larger to smaller employers Only a tiny proportion of large employers’ apprenticeship cash was passed on to smaller employers in the first three… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Ofsted Watch: Difficult week for FE as providers hit with low grades FE has faced a difficult week in Ofsted inspections as three providers were hit with ‘inadequate’ ratings. Three others… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Early monitoring visits find a quarter of apprenticeship providers are ‘insufficient’ A quarter of apprenticeship providers that have received early-monitoring visits from Ofsted so far have been rated as making… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Protests at the deadline for sixth form colleges’ conversion to academies The Sixth Form Colleges Association is urging the government to keep the option for its members to convert to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News What is behind the spate of resignations of college leaders? An exodus of college leaders has rocked the FE sector over the past two months. Meanwhile, regulations that will… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Exclusive Three quarters of colleges rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted More than three quarters of colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ and none are deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News AELP consulting on proposals to avoid EPA ‘car crash’ The Association of Employment and Learning Providers is seeking input from its members on how to avoid an apprenticeship… Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Exclusive Ofsted’s full inspections plummet by a third Ofsted has denied cuts to its budget have affected the number of FE inspections it carries out, despite analysis… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Shadowy training provider given £16.5m remains tight-lipped as questions mount Both Ofsted and the government are looking into a mysterious training provider after FE Week revealed it has secured… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Revealed: The truth behind the 3aaa investigations A scandal involving one of the country’s biggest apprenticeship providers has engrossed the sector ever since the turn of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 805 Older Must read 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 4d Billy Camden 4d 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
