News DfE launches its FIFTH consultation on apprenticeship funding reform The Department for Education has put out yet another survey on how reforms to apprenticeship funding are affecting employers… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News IfA interviewing chief executive candidates Interviews for a permanent chief executive at the Institute for Apprenticeships will at last begin later this month, finishing… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Education select committee to investigate subcontracting The Commons education select committee will investigate subcontracting, and Learndirect is expected to feature prominently. The committee, now chaired… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive DfE discussing ‘options’ to reverse provider’s £3m funding cut A 10,000-learner provider on the brink of collapse after it lost 97 per cent of its funding has been… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Government funding ‘high level’ T-level training for college staff The Department for Education is forking out £95,000 to run “high-level message” sessions to train FE staff about T-levels. It… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Review prompted by autistic teen’s college enrolment heartbreak A college is reviewing its enrolment procedures after an autistic boy was asked not to return just days after… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Another college merger in doubt following ‘regrettable’ TV comments Another college merger has been cast into doubt after one of their chairs made “regrettable” comments on local TV…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Learndirect and DfE scandal referred to NAO by Public Accounts Committee chair The Learndirect scandal is expected to face a National Audit Office investigation following a request from the Public Accounts… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Minister ‘misled’ MPs over apprenticeships at Learndirect MPs were “misled” in Parliament by the skills minister Anne Milton today, after she claimed apprenticeships are “no longer… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive University’s controversial takeover of Lambeth College delayed A university’s controversial plans to take a college over by the back door have been delayed, FE Week can… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Major provider exposed for offering inducements goes into administration An apprenticeship provider exposed in June by FE Week offering inducements to an employer has called in the administrators…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News BREAKING: Milton grants Somerset MPs emergency meeting with funding agency Somerset MPs held an emergency meeting on Wednesday with the skills minister to reverse the massive £3.3 million funding… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 814 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
