News IfA opens applications for its 15 occupational route panels The Institute for Apprenticeships has begun the recruitment process for membership to its 15 occupational route panels. The groups… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Get ‘faster and better’ at approving apprenticeship standards, skills minister tells IfA The skills minister has told the Institute for Apprenticeships to get “faster and better” at approving apprenticeship standards. Anne… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 Newer 1 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 814 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
