News Cap on subcontracting management fees being considered, ESFA director reveals Caps on subcontracting management fees will be introduced if the government deems it “right and proper”. The Education and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Struggling Epping Forest College racks up another financial notice An Essex college has received a second financial notice to improve in under six months by the Education and… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive London Mayor plans £3m FE funding cut to pay for over 50 new bureaucrats The mayor of London plans to top-slice £3 million from the adult education budget to pay for over 50… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Institute for Apprenticeships appoints new board members The Institute for Apprenticeships has appointed two new members to join its board, six months after one former member, Sir… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Skills minister under pressure on 16-to-19 funding The skills minister has admitted to being “very aware of the funding pressures” that 16-to-19 providers are under, even… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Strikes off at Sandwell College after improved pay offer Staff at a college who had been due to go on strike for four days this week have called… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive IfA defends slowdown on apprenticeship standards The number of new apprenticeship standards approved for delivery declined dramatically in March and April, FE Week analysis has… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Rapid increase in providers forces expansion of ESFA audit team The Education and Skills Funding Agency is beefing up its audit team amid mounting concerns about new providers entering… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News ESFA misses own deadline to update providers on T-levels The Education and Skills Funding Agency has missed its own deadline to let providers know if they will be… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted Watch: So close yet so far for grade three college A college in Hertford will be kicking itself this week after Ofsted praised it for “much improvement” since its… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Special Interview: Lord Baker defends UTCs as problems pile up Lord Baker has mounted a robust defence of university technical colleges, despite the growing list of setbacks to befall… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Bitter pay dispute between unions and AoC escalates An argument over pay between unions and the Association of Colleges has worsened, after the latter refused to enter… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 830 Older Must read 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo