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 News Exclusive New Learndirect owner wins £20m in ESFA contracts Learndirect has started to win government funding to deliver skills training again, after its new owner secured more than… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Charity to test new GCSE maths curriculum for controversial resits policy A maths charity has been awarded £60,000 to investigate the “feasibility” of a new GCSE curriculum in the subject… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News £2m bank charge for college clearing debt with bailout A cash-strapped college has spent almost £2 million of the bailout cash it received from the government on bank… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted watch: Two NHS trusts hit with poor reports Two NHS trusts have been put in intensive care this week, following poor Ofsted reports – one a monitoring… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Top-performing college owed £500k pulls out of Saudi Arabia programme A college has terminated its contract with the controversial Saudi Arabian Colleges of Excellence programme due to “on-going delays”… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 6h Shane Chowen 6h Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
