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 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: Two thirds of UTCs to hand funding back after overestimating pupil numbers last year Almost two thirds of university technical colleges overestimated their student numbers last year and will have to repay funding… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Labour accuse government of ‘slipping out’ damning Ofsted report during Brexit announcements Labour has accused the government of “slipping out” a damning report that raises huge concerns about the security risk… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Glowing Ofsted report for first national college to be inspected The first of the new national colleges to be inspected by Ofsted has received a glowing report. The National… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News WorldSkills UK Live 2018: Skills minister kicks off ‘bigger and better’ show The skills minister declared herself to be having an “absolutely fantastic time” as she got stuck into the heart… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Five colleges handed DfE warnings over finances Five struggling colleges have been hit with a notice to improve by the government this morning, after they were… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA terminates levy contract for apprenticeship provider after Ofsted report critical of government departments A cabinet office approved apprenticeship provider to government departments has had its levy funding terminated after a damning Ofsted… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Funding rate set to be slashed by a third for another popular management apprenticeship Fears are growing for the future of a popular management apprenticeship as the government deliberates on whether to slash… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE urged to launch independent review into Careers and Enterprise Company The government has been urged to commission an independent review into whether the Careers and Enterprise Company is doing… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News University takeover of struggling college delayed, again A cash-strapped London college’s on-off planned merger with a university has been delayed yet again. Lambeth College is now… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 818 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
