News Exclusive 3aaa forced to stop recruiting new apprentices following ESFA investigation Apprenticeship heavyweight Aspire Achieve Advance has been blocked by the government from taking on any new apprentices, FE Week… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: The 6 apprenticeship providers banned from taking new recruits Six new apprenticeship providers have been barred from taking on new apprentices after early monitoring visits found them to… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News West Notts College handed DfE warning after requesting £2.1m in exceptional financial support A cash-strapped college has received a financial health notice to improve from the government after requesting exceptional financial support… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News 3aaa co-founders resign following ESFA investigation The co-founders of apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance have resigned in the midst of a government investigation into the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Education minister heads to Germany in search of T-level solutions The education secretary is touring Germany and Holland this week to learn more about their famous vocational education systems… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News IFS: FE the ‘biggest loser’ in cuts to government funding Further education has been the victim of the sharpest cuts in the education sector over the last 25 years,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News ‘He will be sorely missed’: Warm tributes paid to AELP founder Frank McMahon One of the original founders of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has died after a short illness. Frank McMahon was… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News College makes star of learner with dwarfism – but for all the wrong reasons Colleges hit the headlines this summer – but for all the wrong reasons. Louis Makepeace, an 18-year-old with dwarfism,… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Revealed: Uncovered emails discuss ‘review’ of studio schools programme, but DfE still denies it happened The Department for Education is still denying it conducted a formal review of studio schools – despite FE Week discovering an attempt… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted watch: A trio of ‘insufficient progress’ reports Three new apprenticeship providers have been found to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in at least one area under review… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Great debate on T-levels: an ambitious or reckless timetable? The motion: This house believes the T-level reform implementation timeframe is ambitious but not reckless More than 200 figures… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News AoC senior pay policy: 5 main proposals for college leaders The Association of Colleges has this morning published its proposed new senior staff pay code for colleges. FE Week… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo Qualifications 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
