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 News Exclusive FE sector steps in to help stranded Carillion apprentices FE providers are rallying to help more than 1,000 apprentices affected by the collapse of the outsourcing giant Carillion,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Prisons careers advice contracts ‘termination’ fears Contracts to provide careers advice to prisoners appear to have been terminated without any replacement, according to a pressure… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News SPONSORED: NCFE Study Programmes help your 16-19 learners succeed We know and understand that choosing the right qualifications to fit your 16-19 cohort and build your vocational curriculum… Features Team 8y Features Team 8y News Milton attempts to reassure SFCs’ cash concerns Funding concerns will be acknowledged in a speech from the skills minister, who is to assure delegates at the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News ESFA seeks providers to pioneer T-levels Providers can now bid to become one of the first to deliver T-levels, the Education and Skills Funding Agency… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Top DfE official admits FE not represented on Office of Students board FE has “no representation” on the board of the new higher education regulator, a leading figure at the Department… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted can’t keep up with the growth in apprentices, MPs hear Fears that Ofsted can’t keep up with the UK’s massive apprenticeships expansion have been raised before MPs, a day… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Learndirect boss reveals ‘surprise’ at £45m allocation following AEB tender withdrawal Learndirect’s boss has admitted he was “surprised” his provider was handed such a large allocation in the adult education… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Struggling college ‘expects’ £25 million bailout as university merger hits buffers Lambeth College, which was served with a notice of concern for financial control by the Education and Skills Funding… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Super injunction meant Learndirect gagged Ofsted from speaking to ESFA Learndirect was “bizarrely” granted a super injunction during its judicial review against Ofsted which suppressed the inspectorate from speaking… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Fears for nearly 3,000 learners as large provider folding A Northamptonshire-based training provider with a near £2 million government skills contract is closing down, leaving nearly 3,000 learners… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 842 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo