News Pressure mounts on Student Loans Company over learner loan scandal The Student Loans Company is feeling the strain of an FE loans scandal that has left hundreds of learners… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Finalists for 2018 AAC Apprenticeship Awards announced After an overwhelming response to our call for nominations, the shortlist for the inaugural AAC Apprenticeship Awards has been… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Exclusive Adult education budget climbdown cost £16m The government has had to pump an extra £16 million into the adult education budget to appease a group… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Revealed: the 12 colleges surviving on government bailouts Twelve cash-strapped colleges received secret government bailouts totalling more than £11 million in December. It perhaps demonstrates a significant… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Stoke-on-Trent College received a half-million bailout Stoke-on-Trent College is almost £16 million in the red and received more than £500,000 in exceptional financial support in… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News T-Levels consultation: Here’s what the sector really thinks Tonight the T Level public consultation closes after running for 10 weeks and seeking answers to 45 questions. It sought… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive 200,000 FE staff are now trained in Prevent Over 200,000 people working in FE have completed training to help them understand their duty to prevent the radicalisation… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News DfE’s teaching and leadership in FE report: The five main findings The Department for Education has today published a research report exploring quality of teaching and leadership in FE. ‘Teaching,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ten colleges failed to secure apprenticeship funding for small employers, DfE reveals Ten colleges which once held contracts to deliver apprenticeships with small employers were not awarded funding in the recent… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News College sector performance continues rapid improvement Just under three quarters of colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, as the sector’s rapid improvement… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive Bradford College bailed out twice in a single month A college was bailed out twice in December, to the tune of £1.5 million each time, FE Week has… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News National College for Nuclear launched A national college planning to train the bulk of the country’s workforce for Britain’s nuclear industry opens today. The… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Newer 1 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo