News Exclusive Ofsted accused of waste over inspection for just 7 learners Ofsted has been accused of wasting scarce resources on an inspection that only took into account seven learners. Leicester-based… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Mayors raise concerns over weak adult education budget devolution powers The six regional mayors tasked with overseeing devolution of the adult education budget have met the Department for Education… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Stoke-on-Trent silent on severance pay for job-switch CEO A cash-strapped college will not explain why it paid thousands of pounds in severance to its former chief executive… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Adult education budget used to bail out struggling colleges The adult education budget is being used to cover the cost of emergency handouts to struggling colleges – causing… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News FE commissioner forces merger at Guildford College A financially challenged college is being forced into a merger as it becomes only the second institution to be… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Apprenticeship starts slip further behind as November flops There were just 27,000 apprenticeship starts last November according to figures published by the government this morning, 40 percent… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News FE chartered status membership hits double figures after six years Three new colleges have joined the Chartered Institution for Further Education, bring the total membership into double figures for… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship funding bands set to change Apprenticeship funding bands might be about to change – because employers “do not feel able” to negotiate with providers… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Skills minister: Apprenticeship starts will surge by September The skills minister identified September as the month by which she expects to see a surge in apprenticeship starts,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News AEB underspent by £63 million, minister claims FE providers failed to spend £63 million of the adult education budget during the last academic year alone, the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Embattled Kensington and Chelsea chair refuses to step down The chair of a London college has vowed to stay on after the FE commissioner cancelled a merger she… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News HE funding review launch: read the Prime Minister’s speech in full Delivered this afternoon from Derby College, here’s the PM speech in full and checked against delivery. I took my… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Newer 1 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
