News Ofsted Watch: Luton Sixth Form College slips from grade one Luton Sixth Form College has become the latest FE provider to lose its prized grade one status. It follows… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Area reviews mishandled early on, DfE research concludes The way the government handled the first wave of the area reviews has been slammed by new research on… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Top providers turn to MPs for non-levy relief Top training providers and colleges still denied non-levy contracts are turning to influential MPs in an effort to squeeze… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Lauener pledges salary to student hardship fund Peter Lauener will donate the £25,000 salary he will earn as chair of one of the UK’s largest college… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Multi-academy trusts fail to implement Baker clause Just two of the 10 largest multi-academy trusts in England have fully complied with their new legal duty to… Alix Robertson 7y Alix Robertson 7y News Exclusive Over half of Learndirect’s 17,000 apprentices failed last year More than half of the 17,000 apprentices due to complete their course with Learndirect last year failed, as its… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Interserve denies 5,000+ apprentices will go the way of Carillion Even as the fallout from Carillion’s collapse engrossed the nation, another outsourcing giant which trains over 5,000 apprentices also… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive The 3m apprenticeship manifesto target slips further way – and now the AoC boss wants it scrapped The government’s ambition to reach three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 is slipping further out of its grasp as… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News BREAKING: Apprenticeship starts continue to fall sharply six months after introduction of the levy Total apprenticeship starts fell 41 percent for the six months since May when the levy was introduced, compared to… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Skills Commission: Young apprentices need travel subsidies now The government is harming young and disadvantaged people with its failure to ease their travel costs, according to a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News David Meller resigns from DfE board following Presidents Club allegations David Meller, the co-chair of the controversial Presidents Club charity dinner that has been rocked by allegations of sexual… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE director and apprenticeship group chair Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations A charity fundraising dinner run by a Department for Education director and academy trust founder has been rocked by… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y Newer 1 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 808 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
