News FE loans applications down for all established age groups Applications for FE loans were down in 2016/17 for all age-groups they were available to in previous years. The… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Tendering process finally launched for single awarding organisation plan for prisons The contract tendering notice has finally been published by the Ministry of Justice in support of its move to… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Greening: 61 per cent apprenticeships drop was expected The government knew apprenticeship starts would drop dramatically after the levy was introduced in May, the education secretary has… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Principal resigns as college made aware of “allegations of mismanagement” The principal of Bishop Burton College has resigned amid “allegations of mismanagement”. Jeanette Dawson OBE is understood to have… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Pilot applications open for new Strategic College Improvement Fund A fund designed to help failing colleges improve the quality of education and training has opened its pilot scheme… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Search on for top FE leaders to support struggling colleges High achieving FE leaders are being sought by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to support other colleges in… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Milton only appoints Conservative MPs as apprenticeships ambassadors Three Conservative MPs have today been named as apprenticeship ambassadors by skills minister Anne Milton. Maria Caulfield, Stephen Metcalfe,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ombudsman warns councils are failing special needs learners Councils are not doing enough to ensure special needs learners get the help they need, a report from the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ascentis named as awarding organisation of the year Ascentis has been crowned awarding organisation of the year on an exciting night for the sector. The Federation of… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship funding model report provokes dismay A long-awaited report on whether the government’s forecasting tool to predict apprenticeship starts is working has caused dismay over… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News SPONSORED: Tech trailblazers – FE colleges leading the way Using technology to assist the delivery of an engaging education experience is no longer a luxury — it’s a… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y News No news on permanent Institute for Apprenticeships boss Attempts to recruit a permanent chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships are still ongoing, six months after the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 821 Older Must read 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
