News Carillion apprentices will not be paid after January, report claims Apprentices left jobless following the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion will not be paid after January, it has been… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Victory for Grenfell campaigners as FE Commissioner scraps colleges’ merger A merger between two London colleges has been called off following direct intervention from the FE commissioner, triggered by… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Ofsted revisits grade three college amid signs of falling standards A huge college rocked by a string of senior leadership departures that’s currently rated ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted has… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Government loophole allows apprenticeship brokerage to continue Taking fees for brokering apprenticeship funding is acceptable, according to correspondence from the Skills Funding Agency – as long… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Warrington UTC enrages neighbouring schools by ‘poaching’ pupils A university technical college in Cheshire has been accused of poaching students from local schools in the middle of… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted Watch: Luton Sixth Form College slips from grade one Luton Sixth Form College has become the latest FE provider to lose its prized grade one status. It follows… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Area reviews mishandled early on, DfE research concludes The way the government handled the first wave of the area reviews has been slammed by new research on… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Top providers turn to MPs for non-levy relief Top training providers and colleges still denied non-levy contracts are turning to influential MPs in an effort to squeeze… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Lauener pledges salary to student hardship fund Peter Lauener will donate the £25,000 salary he will earn as chair of one of the UK’s largest college… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Multi-academy trusts fail to implement Baker clause Just two of the 10 largest multi-academy trusts in England have fully complied with their new legal duty to… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Over half of Learndirect’s 17,000 apprentices failed last year More than half of the 17,000 apprentices due to complete their course with Learndirect last year failed, as its… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Interserve denies 5,000+ apprentices will go the way of Carillion Even as the fallout from Carillion’s collapse engrossed the nation, another outsourcing giant which trains over 5,000 apprentices also… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 848 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
