News Exclusive DfE discussing ‘options’ to reverse provider’s £3m funding cut A 10,000-learner provider on the brink of collapse after it lost 97 per cent of its funding has been… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Government funding ‘high level’ T-level training for college staff The Department for Education is forking out £95,000 to run “high-level message” sessions to train FE staff about T-levels. It… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Review prompted by autistic teen’s college enrolment heartbreak A college is reviewing its enrolment procedures after an autistic boy was asked not to return just days after… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Another college merger in doubt following ‘regrettable’ TV comments Another college merger has been cast into doubt after one of their chairs made “regrettable” comments on local TV…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Learndirect and DfE scandal referred to NAO by Public Accounts Committee chair The Learndirect scandal is expected to face a National Audit Office investigation following a request from the Public Accounts… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Minister ‘misled’ MPs over apprenticeships at Learndirect MPs were “misled” in Parliament by the skills minister Anne Milton today, after she claimed apprenticeships are “no longer… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive University’s controversial takeover of Lambeth College delayed A university’s controversial plans to take a college over by the back door have been delayed, FE Week can… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Major provider exposed for offering inducements goes into administration An apprenticeship provider exposed in June by FE Week offering inducements to an employer has called in the administrators…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News BREAKING: Milton grants Somerset MPs emergency meeting with funding agency Somerset MPs held an emergency meeting on Wednesday with the skills minister to reverse the massive £3.3 million funding… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Training providers join forces to challenge Justine Greening in court A group of leading training providers is gearing up for collective action against the government’s adult education budget procurement process,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Only 15 per cent of levy-funded apprentices aged 16 to 18 Just 15 per cent of levy-funded apprentices to date are aged 16 to 18, according to experimental government statistics… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Trial begins: Former Welsh footballer and three others accused of £5 million FE fraud A former Wales international footballer and three other men conspired to scam colleges and the government out of around… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 836 Older Must read 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
