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 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y 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 7y Jude Burke 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y 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 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted watch: Two NHS trusts hit with poor reports Two NHS trusts have been put in intensive care this week, following poor Ofsted reports – one a monitoring… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Top-performing college owed £500k pulls out of Saudi Arabia programme A college has terminated its contract with the controversial Saudi Arabian Colleges of Excellence programme due to “on-going delays”… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Colleges congratulated as FE funding tops DfE’s correspondence league tables FE funding was the most popular topic of correspondence from MPs and stakeholders to education ministers in the last… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News College hiding principal’s expenses ‘skirting with possible criminal offence’ A college which “shocked” the skills minister this week after it blocked FE Week’s website from its internet servers… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofqual fine and legal costs land an awarding organisation with a six-figure bill An awarding organisation has been left with a bill of over £100,000 from Ofqual – which includes the exams… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Deficit hits £10m in three years as KCC continues to seek merger solution Kensington and Chelsea College is considering a fresh merger attempt as it runs down its reserves created by the… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Principal ‘not right’ for next stage of college journey given £150k payment The principal of a college group who stepped down with immediate effect last year after concluding he was no… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 821 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
