News FE Week asks: FE Commissioner on ‘big success’ area reviews Richard Atkins has had a very busy four months since he was confirmed as the new FE Commissioner. FE… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Lord Baker: careers advice amendment originally just for UTCs and Studio Schools Lord Baker hit the headlines last week after he won a major concession in the House of Lords, to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive ‘Shocked’ staff sent packing as huge apprenticeship training provider goes bust One of the largest apprenticeship providers in England has called in the administrators after the Skills Funding Agency terminated… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Government silent on adult skills behavioural research centre funding The government is refusing to say whether more funding will be given to two “pioneering” FE research centres after… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News SFA and EFA merger will clear way for Lauener to retire The Education and Skills Funding Agencies are preparing for an imminent merger that will clear the way for their… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: Local authority provider leaps two grades A local authority provider has leapt two grades from inadequate to good and an independent training provider has received… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Early years educator apprenticeship requirement u-turn confirmed The government has finally confirmed that it is u-turning on the requirements for early years educator apprenticeships. Currently early… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News What’s on during National Apprenticeship Week 2017: Climbing the ladder of opportunity The tenth National Apprenticeship Week will be celebrated across the country this year with an adventurous round of activities…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News College governors brand SFA’s new apprenticeship contracts ‘ludicrous’ College governors have branded the SFA’s new apprenticeship contractual arrangements “ludicrous” during a heated discussion at the AoC’s Governance… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Banned subcontracting hidden through widespread ‘associate partnerships’ Colleges and training providers are hiding banned subcontracting through the use of so-called ‘associate partnerships’, FE Week can reveal… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Fifteenth studio school set to close out of 36 nationwide Another studio school is reported to be shutting its doors, making it the 15th of its kind to close… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Struggling college bailed out by SFA after bank refusal A Warwickshire college in financial dire straits has been bailed out by the Skills Funding Agency, and is now… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Newer 1 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 808 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
