News FE could face MORE budget cuts despite hopes for more cash The FE sector could be in for another shattering round of funding cuts, after the chancellor reportedly told ministries… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Almost 350 Carillon apprentices to lose wage support Nearly 350 former Carillion apprentices will have their wage support cut off next month after being made redundant. The… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: ‘Unsafe’ college makes rapid safety improvements A specialist land-based college branded “unsafe” in a shocking grade four report in April has made swift improvements to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE gives IoT bid special treatment to grade 3 NCG The government appears to have broken its own rules in its Institutes of Technology competition, by putting NCG through… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofqual to audit EPAOs amid ‘capacity and capability’ concerns Ofqual will soon begin auditing apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations to find out how they are mitigating risks around the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Over 300 apprenticeship standards celebrated yet some attracting zero employers – FE Week investigates Earlier this month the Institute for Apprenticeships bragged about approving standards at a faster rate than ever before after… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News European Social Fund protected until end of 2020, Chancellor confirms Training providers will have their European Social Fund cash protected until the end of 2020, even if a “no-deal”… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Colleges supported with £760,000 to engage inactive students in sport Over three quarters of a million pounds will be invested in colleges over the next two years to engage… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News 9 things we learned from the DfE’s annual report and accounts 2017-18 The Department for Education has this morning published its annual report, revealing payoffs, various bonuses and millions in unrecoverable… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE waters down T-level licensing rules but unlikely to appease exam bodies legal challenge The government has watered down a number of rules in its procurement process for T-levels following outcry from the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Best and worst of FE on show An independent specialist college showed the best of FE this week as it maintained its ‘outstanding’ rating, but the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE spent £93m on doomed UTCs and studio schools The Department for Education spent more than £90 million on university technical college and studio school projects that went… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 814 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo