News DfE director and apprenticeship group chair Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations A charity fundraising dinner run by a Department for Education director and academy trust founder has been rocked by… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Urgent government action needed to save traineeships, AELP claims Traineeships are in decline and could die without more support from the government, the Association of Employment and Learning… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Education secretary Damian Hinds commits to finding new employers for all Carillion apprentices The new education secretary will ensure that every apprentice affected by the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion will be… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News FE commissioner Richard Atkins: ‘Funding for FE is unfair’ The sector’s funding is “unfair”, the FE commissioner has told a parliamentary hearing. Richard Atkins was asked about the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Former ESFA boss Peter Lauener to chair NCG Peter Lauener, the busiest man in FE, has bagged himself yet another job, this time as chair of one… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Cornwall College gets £3.5m to help cashflow problems A cash-strapped college has received £3.5 million in emergency funding, according to its accounts. Cornwall College Group received exceptional… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Exeter College brings the big guns in its non-levy tender battle A high-profile ‘outstanding’ college has asked its influential local MP to help it overturn the decision not to give… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Trio of providers lose ‘outstanding’ grades Three providers have lost their ‘outstanding’ grades this week – while another earned the lowest possible grade at its… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News New IfA boss reveals how he got the job Sir Gerry Berragan only has two years as chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships because he did not… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Learners and employers lauded at National Apprenticeship Awards The country’s top three apprentices and six best employers have been celebrated at the 14th National Apprenticeship Awards. London’s… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Investigation: Agency accused over ‘tax avoidance’ levy advice An apprenticeship and graduate recruitment agency for schools has been accused of exploiting a tax incentive scheme after it… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive Revealed: Low pupil numbers forced nearly every UTC to hand funding back Almost all the university technical colleges have missed their recruitment targets and were overpaid by the government last year,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 829 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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