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 News Tenth UTC closure announced Yet another university technical college will close later this year, taking the total to 10 for the troubled programme…. Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA apologises over apprenticeship off-the-job calculation blunder The Education and Skills Funding Agency has apologised for causing confusion in its off-the-job training rule and updated its… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 842 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
