News Exclusive Stoke-on-Trent College received a half-million bailout Stoke-on-Trent College is almost £16 million in the red and received more than £500,000 in exceptional financial support in… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News T-Levels consultation: Here’s what the sector really thinks Tonight the T Level public consultation closes after running for 10 weeks and seeking answers to 45 questions. It sought… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive 200,000 FE staff are now trained in Prevent Over 200,000 people working in FE have completed training to help them understand their duty to prevent the radicalisation… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News DfE’s teaching and leadership in FE report: The five main findings The Department for Education has today published a research report exploring quality of teaching and leadership in FE. ‘Teaching,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ten colleges failed to secure apprenticeship funding for small employers, DfE reveals Ten colleges which once held contracts to deliver apprenticeships with small employers were not awarded funding in the recent… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News College sector performance continues rapid improvement Just under three quarters of colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, as the sector’s rapid improvement… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Exclusive Bradford College bailed out twice in a single month A college was bailed out twice in December, to the tune of £1.5 million each time, FE Week has… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News National College for Nuclear launched A national college planning to train the bulk of the country’s workforce for Britain’s nuclear industry opens today. The… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News FE commissioner: Funding for Institutes of Technology is ‘too modest’ The £170 million funding pot for new Institutes of Technology will not enable them to have a significant impact… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted announces tougher approach to monitoring subcontracting Ofsted will increase its focus on management and quality in subcontracting, according to its most senior director for FE… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Off-the-job qualifications can be included in apprenticeships, IfA confirms Off-the-job technical qualifications can now be included in apprenticeships, the Institute for Apprenticeships has officially announced, confirming a significant… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Professional footballers found guilty of £5m apprenticeship subcontracting fraud Two former professional footballers and two other men have been found guilty of scamming colleges out of £5 million… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 814 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
