News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: Spectacular opening ceremony marks the start of competitions The best of British took centre stage with the world watching tonight as Abu Dhabi put on a spectacular… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News MPs consider investigating the state of FE loans The student loans system will come under parliamentary scrutiny – an investigation which may include FE. The Treasury select… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: General Assembly hands 2021 competition to China The WorldSkills General Assembly has today officially confirmed that Shanghai will host the 2021 competition. China was the only country… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Sixth-form college lifts grade to ‘good’ in mixed week A sixth-form college has improved its Ofsted rating by one grade to ‘good’, in a mixed week for FE… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive DfE ‘watching it closely’ as management becomes England’s second most popular apprenticeship subject Management has soared in popularity to become the second most common apprenticeship framework, FE Week analysis can reveal. According… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ex-ITP boss on trial for alleged Sunderland College fraud The ex-chief executive of a training provider and her former colleagues are on trial for allegedly defrauding a college… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 FE Week asks: Neil Bentley on the vital role of WorldSkills As Team UK packed their belongings and headed to the sandy deserts of Abu Dhabi for WorldSkills 2017, FE Week’s… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Outgoing ESFA chief takes “personal responsibility” for Learndirect decisions The outgoing head of the ESFA has claimed personal responsibility for the decision not to terminate Learndirect’s adult education… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: A school visit to remember for Team UK Singing, dancing, glow-in-the-dark shows and a bird of prey; Team UK’s first outing in Abu Dhabi certainly had it… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Frustration as 5% tolerance on English and maths extended indefinitely The five-per-cent tolerance on the notorious English and maths condition of funding rule will apply “until further notice”, the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News First City Training slumps to ‘inadequate’ A health and social care training provider has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted in a report that warns of… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News BREAKING: First official apprenticeship levy figures show a 61% fall in starts Total apprenticeship starts for May, June and July fell a staggering 61% compared to the same period last year…. Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Newer 1 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 808 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