News Demands for fairness after ESFA sets aside £2.6m in Somerset tender The launch of a £2.6 million tender by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to deliver community learning services… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: An ‘outstanding’ week for FE and skills It’s been an ‘outstanding’ week for the FE and skills sector, as a specialist college has received the highest… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News IfA opens applications for its 15 occupational route panels The Institute for Apprenticeships has begun the recruitment process for membership to its 15 occupational route panels. The groups… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Get ‘faster and better’ at approving apprenticeship standards, skills minister tells IfA The skills minister has told the Institute for Apprenticeships to get “faster and better” at approving apprenticeship standards. Anne… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Hull College receives £54m bailout amid job strikes An impoverished college caught in a row over job cuts has received a £54 million bailout. The eye-watering sum… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Seven more days of strikes at Hull College Group Staff at the Hull College Group will walk out for seven days in June as part of an ongoing… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News UCU to ‘ballot members nationally’ over pay claim An autumn of discontent over college pay could be on the cards, after University and College Union members voted… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News ESFA reveal AEB funding rules with free courses for the low paid Detail on the government’s new adult education budget policy has been published, after FE Week revealed yesterday it would… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted praises Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd An early monitoring visit to Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd has produced mainly positive feedback, with only a few downsides to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive PeoplePlus in talks to buy Learndirect A publicly listed company is in talks to buy Learndirect Ltd, FE Week has learned. PeoplePlus Group Limited, which… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive AEB policy set to change with free courses for anyone earning less than £15,726.50 Tens of thousands of adults on low wages are set to benefit from a new rule which will see… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Another early monitoring report uncovers insufficient progress Another Ofsted early monitoring visit to an apprenticeship provider has resulted in a verdict of ‘insufficient progress’ in at… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
