News First college merger plan for 2018 launched in the south-east Two large colleges in the south-east, which teach a combined total of nearly 30,000 FE students every year, have… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Nick Boles: Behind the scenes on the birth of the apprenticeship levy The architect of the apprenticeship levy gives his own account of how this landmark policy was brought to fruition,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Top ten: FE Week most read news in 2017 FE Week is known for investing in high quality investigative news and with three and a half million page… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Adult learning champion honoured with knighthood A man who spent decades spearheading the fight to raise the profile of adult learning has been knighted in… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Who got what in Queen’s New Year honours for FE? The bosses of two colleges located just 10 miles apart have been awarded CBEs in the Queen’s new year’s… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ tidings for FE providers before Christmas Ofsted has delivered an early Christmas present to FE, with six providers climbing up the rankings including one college… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Barnardo’s left stranded by non-levy tender Children’s charity Barnardo’s has been left stranded without an apprenticeship training contract through the controversial non-levy tender. The huge… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Non levy tender update: First contracts to be awarded from tomorrow Contracts from the much-delayed non-levy tender will finally be given out from tomorrow, the government has announced. It remains… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Ofqual will regulate T-levels, boss insists Ofqual will play a vital role in regulating T-levels, the chief regulator has said. Sally Collier, who was appointed… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Skills minister personally delays controversial Kensington college merger A controversial merger between two London colleges has been delayed after an intervention from the skills minister and the… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Minster launches consultation on college insolvency roll-out The skills minister is asking for views on how new college insolvency arrangements should be rolled out. An eight-week… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Delay to Institute of Apprenticeship taking on T-Levels but board expands to ‘bolster expertise’ The Institute for Apprenticeships will take responsibility for T-levels later than planned as it recruits new board members to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 808 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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
