News Exclusive Hull College receives £54m bailout amid job strikes An impoverished college caught in a row over job cuts has received a £54 million bailout. The eye-watering sum… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Seven more days of strikes at Hull College Group Staff at the Hull College Group will walk out for seven days in June as part of an ongoing… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News UCU to ‘ballot members nationally’ over pay claim An autumn of discontent over college pay could be on the cards, after University and College Union members voted… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News ESFA reveal AEB funding rules with free courses for the low paid Detail on the government’s new adult education budget policy has been published, after FE Week revealed yesterday it would… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted praises Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd An early monitoring visit to Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd has produced mainly positive feedback, with only a few downsides to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive PeoplePlus in talks to buy Learndirect A publicly listed company is in talks to buy Learndirect Ltd, FE Week has learned. PeoplePlus Group Limited, which… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive AEB policy set to change with free courses for anyone earning less than £15,726.50 Tens of thousands of adults on low wages are set to benefit from a new rule which will see… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Another early monitoring report uncovers insufficient progress Another Ofsted early monitoring visit to an apprenticeship provider has resulted in a verdict of ‘insufficient progress’ in at… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Applications for maths centres of excellence open now FE providers are being asked to apply to become centres of excellence for “basic” maths – as part of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News 72 apprenticeship frameworks with replacement standards to stay until 2020 There are 72 old-style apprenticeship frameworks with direct standard replacements, the government has confirmed – but they’re not going… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News DfE begins T-level tender process for single awarding organisations The controversial tender process for T-levels’ awarding organisations has been launched, and will begin with two “market engagement” events… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Association of Colleges backs down on 2018/19 pay negotiations The Association of Colleges has backed down in its argument with the FE unions on next year’s pay claim… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 805 Older Must read 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 3d Billy Camden 3d 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
