News DfE ends subsidies for Chartered Institution for FE The Department for Education will no longer financially support the Chartered Institution for FE – leaving its future in doubt…. Jude Burke 6y Jude Burke 6y News Exclusive ESFA quietly launches reapplications to ‘tougher’ apprenticeship provider register The government has begun inviting providers to reapply to its refreshed apprenticeship provider register – with the first group… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Queen’s New Year honours: Who got what in FE and skills? Twenty-three leading figures from the FE and skills sector have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year honours, published… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News 2018: The year in FE Week cartoons As 2018 draws to a close we take a look back at the story of the year, as told… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive IfA ‘considering’ releasing apprenticeship overspend presentation The Institute for Apprenticeships is “considering” releasing a presentation given to employers that warned of an imminent apprenticeship overspend…. Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Seven things we learned from the government’s response to select committee apprenticeships report The government has today published its response to the education select committee’s report, The apprenticeships ladder of opportunity: quality… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Sixteen colleges facing UCU strike action in the new year Sixteen colleges across England face “significant disruption” in the new year, after members of the University and College Union… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News T-levels could be under threat if no deal Brexit goes ahead The introduction of T-levels could be under threat if a “no deal” Brexit goes ahead, according to reports this… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News ESFA announce changes to 16 to 19 funding rules from August 2019 Study programme learners aged 16 to 19 who’ve passed GCSE English and maths are set to be barred from… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Pressure mounts on Hinds to explain £500m apprenticeship ‘alleged overspend’ The chair of the influential education select committee has urged the government to be “open and transparent” about a… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Barring learners with fewer than three Ds ‘access to student loans’ is ‘retrograde step’ Proposals to deny student loans to learners who achieve fewer than three Ds in their A-levels have been branded… John Dickens 7y John Dickens 7y News Why the ESFA wants more apprenticeship providers – despite no starts at over 500 last year The government’s top apprenticeships civil servant has defended the decision to allow more providers on to the provider register… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 815 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo