News Exclusive Nearly £25m in non-levy cash went to new providers Around £25 million was given to providers entering the apprenticeship market for the first time in the controversial non-levy… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y 14-16 Exclusive Colleges ditch 14-16 provision to save their reputation Two huge colleges are walking away from their 14-to-16 provision because the government’s new progress measures are too “onerous”… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Qualifications WILL be allowed for apprenticeships Strict rules that apprenticeships cannot involve qualifications are set to be overturned next week, FE Week understands, potentially unsticking… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Colleges must meet Gatsby career benchmarks or lose money Colleges have been warned that they could be stripped of funding if they do not comply with the government’s… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Metro mayors commit to growing BAME apprenticeships Five city mayors have committed to increasing the number of apprentices from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds. The ‘Five… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Northern Powerhouse education report: the eight findings for FE and skills The Northern Powerhouse Partnership has today published a major report on how the region can close the education and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Cambridge University and Greggs among 354 organisations added to register of apprenticeship training providers The government increased the size of the register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP) by 354 today, pushing the total to… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News FE Commissioner’s annual report encourages colleges to use £700m bailout fund while they can Financially struggling colleges should seek bailouts from the restructuring fund while they still can, the FE commissioner has said… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News NUS president Shakira Martin engulfed in ‘bullying’ row A row has erupted in the upper echelons of the National Union of Students, as its president wants to… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Stafford MP Jeremy Lefroy wades into non-levy row Colleges must all have access to funding for apprenticeships with smaller employers, according to the latest MP to weigh… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Carillion apprentices WILL be paid after January, DfE confirms Any former Carillion apprentice who is yet to find alternative employment following the collapse of the outsourcing giant will… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Manchester Creative Studio will be 18th studio school to close A struggling studio school with low pupil numbers and “significant financial challenges” will close this summer, it has been… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 818 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