News Ofsted watch: Two providers climb out of ‘inadequate’ but one slumps the other way Two training providers pulled themselves away from ‘inadequate’ ratings this week, but one went the other way and plummeted… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Government search site is flooded with hundreds of ‘locations’ for the same providers Training providers are flooding the government’s Find Apprenticeship Training website with hundreds of locations they have no permanent presence… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Non-levy tender appeals are lucky for some Multiple providers have successfully overturned the government’s decisions not to award them contracts in the controversial non-levy tender –… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Atkins’ aides: Principals appointed to advise DfE A crack team of seven top principals has been chosen by the FE commissioner to advise government officials on… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Struggling college awarded £21m to make merger work A struggling college received a massive £21 million bailout from the government as part of its recent merger deal,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Was government support of Learndirect sale legal? > MPs demand answers over ESFA approving sale of Learndirect Apprenticeships in 2016 > PAC inquiry to quiz Ofsted… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Hughes criticises DfE for claiming university regulator has FE representation The government and its former universities minister are under fire for “worrying” confusion over FE college representation on the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Revealed: Four more deputy FE commissioners Four new deputies have been appointed to support the FE commissioner in his drive to slash the number of… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News DfE disappoints as it rejects a 16-to-18 funding-rate rise The Department for Education has ruled out an increase in funding for 16- to 18-year-olds next year – dealing… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Anne Milton stays as minister in latest government reshuffle Anne Milton will remain as a minister as the latest government reshuffle comes to an end, FE Week understands…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Damian Hinds becomes education secretary Damian Hinds has been named as the new education secretary. Mr Hinds was previously the government’s employment minister, serving… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Cabinet reshuffle: Education secretary Justine Greening resigns The education secretary Justine Greening has quit government after being moved from her post in today’s cabinet reshuffle. She… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 818 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