News Lib Dems pledge to double businesses that hire apprentices A pledge to double the number of businesses that hire apprentices has been announced by the Liberal Democrats, ahead… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Subsidised apprentice travel plan falls off Labour manifesto A long-term pledge to cover the cost of apprentice travel has not made it into Labour’s final general election… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Colleges scrap merger plans less than 3 months after announced Two colleges have scrapped merger plans less than three months after they were announced. Stanmore College and West Hertfordshire… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Breaking: Labour manifesto plans for FE and skills unveiled Labour has unveiled its plans for the future of FE and skills in its official general election manifesto just… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Pay cut row at struggling north east college Staff are understood to be facing up to 10 per cent pay cuts at a north east college with… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News C&G Group buys apprenticeship agency in effort to corner nuclear industry The nation’s largest training provider to the UK civil nuclear industry has been bought out by the City &… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Colleges not on apprenticeships’ register still advertising vacancies High-profile colleges that failed to get onto the government’s new register of apprenticeship training providers the first time round… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Long-distance merger cleared despite council concerns A controversial long-distance merger has been signed off by college governors, despite grave concerns from a London borough council…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Costs in question after Labour apprentice pledge The financial implications of Labour’s pledge to cover apprentices’ travel costs have been called into question, after the Conservatives… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: Three colleges slide to grade three Three colleges dropped from Ofsted ‘good’ to ‘requires improvement’ this week, in a bad week for FE. The only… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Allocations shock: ESFA ‘mistake’ sees massive firms listed as small The allocations “horror show” has got even more alarming, after FE Week found the government has been wrongly categorising… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Draft Labour Party manifesto FE section in full A copy of the Draft Labour Party manifesto was leaked to FE Week yesterday. Here’s the section on further… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Newer 1 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 808 Older Must read 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
