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 News Carillion, largest employer of construction apprentices, goes into liquidation The UK’s largest employer of construction apprentices has gone into liquidation, leaving the future of hundreds of 16 to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News SPONSORED: How to prepare for the new data protection laws Demand from our further education members for information and advice on the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has… Features Team 8y Features Team 8y News Milton to launch national Year of Engineering Update, 11am, January 15: The Department for Education called FE Week to say that the minister’s visit to the National… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Chartered status: when will the government subsidies end? The Chartered Institution for Further Education, the brainchild of the former skills minister John Hayes, was first conceived back… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive Anger as ESFA dodges MPs’ scrutiny on subcontracting fees The government has been accused of shocking double standards on transparency, admitting it probably won’t publish its long-delayed findings… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed A college has accepted that its former principal Sunaina Mann was unfairly constructively dismissed, after she brought her case… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 851 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