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 News Huge expansion of higher education in colleges expected to follow post-18 funding review The Association of Colleges hopes a new review of post-18 education and funding announced by the prime minister will… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Council branded ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted warns of radicalisation risk A local authority in the north-east has plummeted two grades to ‘inadequate’, in an Ofsted report which raised alarms… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: ITP goes straight in with a ‘good’ An independent training provider scored a grade two on its first ever inspection, in a week otherwise characterised by… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Strike dates announced for colleges locked in pay dispute College staff will go on strike over pay and conditions on the last day of February, with some adding… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y Newer 1 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 818 Older Must read 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 4d Jessica Hill 4d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
