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 News Urgent government action needed to save traineeships, AELP claims Traineeships are in decline and could die without more support from the government, the Association of Employment and Learning… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Education secretary Damian Hinds commits to finding new employers for all Carillion apprentices The new education secretary will ensure that every apprentice affected by the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion will be… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News FE commissioner Richard Atkins: ‘Funding for FE is unfair’ The sector’s funding is “unfair”, the FE commissioner has told a parliamentary hearing. Richard Atkins was asked about the… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Former ESFA boss Peter Lauener to chair NCG Peter Lauener, the busiest man in FE, has bagged himself yet another job, this time as chair of one… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Cornwall College gets £3.5m to help cashflow problems A cash-strapped college has received £3.5 million in emergency funding, according to its accounts. Cornwall College Group received exceptional… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Exeter College brings the big guns in its non-levy tender battle A high-profile ‘outstanding’ college has asked its influential local MP to help it overturn the decision not to give… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Trio of providers lose ‘outstanding’ grades Three providers have lost their ‘outstanding’ grades this week – while another earned the lowest possible grade at its… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News New IfA boss reveals how he got the job Sir Gerry Berragan only has two years as chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships because he did not… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y Newer 1 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 814 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