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End point assessment crisis – apprentices who can’t complete

End-point assessment has hit crisis point – as FE leaders warn that the first wave of learners are reaching…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Team UK strikes gold in Abu Dhabi

Team UK has retained its top-10 position at WorldSkills this year, after our competitors bagged one gold, three silvers,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

‘DfE must employ civil servants who went to college’ says AoC boss

The chief of the Association of Colleges has publicly criticised the Department for Education for trying to reform the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Employers more satisfied with private providers again… but colleges catching up

Private training providers have once again proved themselves to be more popular with employers than colleges, according to government…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News, WorldSkills 2017

Worldskills 2017: Watch the closing ceremony live from Abu Dhabi

Today marks the end of the 44th WorldSkills competition – in which representatives from 59 nations have competed in…

FE Week
FE Week
News

Emotions high as Team UK competitors complete their work

Emotions were high as the first round of Team UK competitors completed their work for WorldSkills UK today.  Jordan…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord


News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Team UK’s gold standard show their support before the final hurdle

Anxious, tired and excited – that’s how 34 of the UK’s most talented young people in the skills industry…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Concern at negative impact of FE loans on disadvantaged

The FE sector is worried by the negative impact FE loans have had on learners from disadvantaged backgrounds. A…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Support Our Sixth-formers: DfE urged to redirect 16-19 underspend

The 16-to-19 education budget was underspent by £106 million last year, and campaigners now want the DfE to direct…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Somerset Skills & Learning to make major redundancies after AEB debacle

A large community learning provider in Somerset that was hit hard by the adult education budget fiasco is likely…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Josh attempts to repeat European success

A welder from Norwich who has a family history in the trade is aiming to replicate his golden success…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Apprenticeships are “fragile” training, research shows

Relying on employer involvement makes apprenticeships a “fragile” form of training, according to new research. A new study by…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord

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Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Frances Read