News Robert Halfon: Consolidate the UK’s ‘duplicated’ careers services The Careers and Enterprise Company and the National Careers Service should be brought under a single umbrella to avoid… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Anne Milton finally unveils much-delayed careers strategy The long-overdue careers strategy has finally been unveiled by the apprenticeships and skills minister, at the Careers Development Institute’s… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Is FE ready for the big apprenticeship frameworks switch-off? The process of closing the old-style apprenticeship frameworks to new starts began in March 2016, but only those with… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Who will run the FE centres of excellence for maths? The autumn budget brought with it a commitment from the government to invest £40 million in new further education… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Complaints over apprenticeship payments system breakdown The government has been swamped with complaints about its malfunctioning apprenticeship payment systems, which are incorrectly demanding cash from… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Breaking: Non-levy tendering funding decisions to be revealed next week The government has announced that it finally expect to issue notices of decisions to providers next week, on the… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Ofsted Watch: Success for colleges but ITP rated ‘inadequate’ Two colleges have seen their grades go up to ‘good’ this week – but three previously uninspected providers haven’t… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Government delays on subcontracting charges The government has been accused of double standards on subcontracting charges, after it missed its own deadline for issuing… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Apprenticeship standards left in limbo by IfA red tape Thirteen separate apprenticeship standards with approved assessment plans have been left in limbo for two or more months because… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News T-levels: DfE won’t consult on 3-month work placements The education secretary has ruled out T-levels at level two and will not budge on mandatory three-month work placements,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Colleges’ Ofsted grades bounce back England’s colleges are showing signs of turning a significant corner in their Ofsted performance. Seven have managed to dig… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News, Profiles Milton’s mission – An interview with the Apprenticeships & Skills minister Anne Milton has just passed her six-month mark as apprenticeships and skills minister. FE Week paid her a visit… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 808 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
