News Mayors raise concerns over weak adult education budget devolution powers The six regional mayors tasked with overseeing devolution of the adult education budget have met the Department for Education… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Stoke-on-Trent silent on severance pay for job-switch CEO A cash-strapped college will not explain why it paid thousands of pounds in severance to its former chief executive… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Adult education budget used to bail out struggling colleges The adult education budget is being used to cover the cost of emergency handouts to struggling colleges – causing… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News FE commissioner forces merger at Guildford College A financially challenged college is being forced into a merger as it becomes only the second institution to be… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Apprenticeship starts slip further behind as November flops There were just 27,000 apprenticeship starts last November according to figures published by the government this morning, 40 percent… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News FE chartered status membership hits double figures after six years Three new colleges have joined the Chartered Institution for Further Education, bring the total membership into double figures for… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Apprenticeship funding bands set to change Apprenticeship funding bands might be about to change – because employers “do not feel able” to negotiate with providers… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Skills minister: Apprenticeship starts will surge by September The skills minister identified September as the month by which she expects to see a surge in apprenticeship starts,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News AEB underspent by £63 million, minister claims FE providers failed to spend £63 million of the adult education budget during the last academic year alone, the… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Embattled Kensington and Chelsea chair refuses to step down The chair of a London college has vowed to stay on after the FE commissioner cancelled a merger she… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News HE funding review launch: read the Prime Minister’s speech in full Delivered this afternoon from Derby College, here’s the PM speech in full and checked against delivery. I took my… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y News College principal named in HE funding review panel The panel undertaking a year-long review into higher education and funding, announced today by the prime minister, will include… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 808 Older Must read 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
