News Exclusive College in £37m debt given permission to carry out banned tactical subcontracting The Department for Education appears to have given a cash-strapped college special treatment, after it endorsed subcontracting to meet… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Former learner warns he’ll take DfE and SLC to court over FE loans scandal Pressure is mounting on the government to resolve an FE loans scandal that left hundreds of students with huge… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Six UTCs received ESFA bailouts totalling £1m last year Six university technical colleges received bailouts from the government totalling almost £1 million last year, with the ESFA’s funding… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Learners starting FE loans funded courses falls for third consecutive year The number of people taking out advanced learner loans in the first quarter of the academic year has fallen… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Apprenticeship starts up on 2017/18 – but still down on 2016/17 Apprenticeship starts are up 15 per cent for the first quarter of 2018/19 compared with the same period in… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Colleges will put learners on inappropriate courses without funding increase, warns Ofsted boss Colleges are likely to increase the amount of courses that “attract the most learners” but which don’t offer “real… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Revealed: The 36 providers in the running for Manchester’s AEB funding The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has revealed the providers that have made it through to the final round of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state unblocks staff access to FE Week Highbury College has unblocked access to FE Week on its internet servers following heavy backlash from government officials and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE U-turns over study programme rule change The Education and Skills Funding Agency has U-turned on plans to bar 16- to 19-year-olds who’ve passed GCSE maths… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News College claims Institute of Technology bid ‘not in jeopardy’ despite Ofsted grade three A college that has plummeted two Ofsted grades from its previous ‘outstanding’ has insisted its bid to open an… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y 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 Newer 1 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 842 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
