News ESFA warns it could trigger college insolvencies with adult education budget claw-back The government is encouraging under-performing colleges to reduce their 2018/19 adult education budget now, to avoid cash flow problems… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Starts suspended at mysterious apprenticeship provider after ESFA launches investigation The Education and Skills Funding Agency has suspended starts at an apprenticeship firm with multimillion-pound subcontracting deals while it… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Promising week for new apprenticeship providers It’s been a promising week for new apprenticeship providers, with only one ‘insufficient progress’ finding from six monitoring visits…. Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News UCU members strike over pay in 13 colleges across England Strikes went ahead at 13 colleges but were suspended at three others this week in an ongoing dispute over… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Great debate on AEB devolution: will it be a successful policy? The motion: This House believes the devolution of the £1.5bn adult education budget will prove to be a successful… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive Flagship UTC received huge DfE bailout after being stung by apprenticeship funding cuts A flagship university technical college had to be bailed out by the government with a £650,000 loan, after being… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive Approved T-level provider warns of pulling out after DfE excludes private providers from £38m capital bids An independent training provider due to deliver the first T-levels from next year has warned it might have to… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive Secrecy around funding band formulas protects against ‘misuse’, says IfATE chief executive The government’s apprenticeships agency is not willing to share the formula it uses to calculate funding bands for apprenticeship… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA delays European Social Fund contracts due to alleged breach of tender rules The Education and Skills Funding Agency has delayed issuing European Social Fund contracts after multiple providers who lost out… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Cash-strapped college reveals shock deficit on the same day insolvency regime goes live A cash-strapped college’s 2017/18 accounts have revealed a £5 million deficit, on the same day that the insolvency regime… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Office for Students board finally has FE representation FE finally has representation on the board of the new regulatory body for higher education, after Leicester College’s principal… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Allow employers to appeal for more time to spend their apprenticeship levy cash, CBI urges Employers should be allowed to appeal for more time to spend their apprenticeship levy funds if the standards they… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 833 Older Must read 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
