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 News DfE launches £38m T-levels capital fund The Department for Education has released a guide to the £38 million capital fund for providers to use in… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y Newer 1 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 848 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
