News SFA already finding ineligible employer incentives and will ‘strengthen’ funding rules The apprenticeship funding rules will be beefed up to stop inappropriate employer incentives, just two months ahead of the… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Exclusive Film industry education boss lands ‘hand grenade’ assessment job at Institute for Apprenticeships The new deputy director of assessment for the Institute for Apprenticeships, a role likened to “a hand grenade with… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Breaking: Hull College Group chief executive departs after financial mess exposed Hull College Group has announced the departure of its chief executive Gary Warke, bringing to an end weeks of… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News First sixth form college converts to academy status today Hereford Sixth Form College has won the race to become the first to convert to academy status. The provider,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News #SaveOurAdultEducation call for loans justice is raised in House of Lords Leading government skills adviser Professor Alison Wolf has added her voice to calls, through FE Week’s #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign, for… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News BREAKING: Ofqual challenges ‘blurred’ responsibilities in apprenticeship programme The government exams watchdog has voiced fears that responsibilities within the current apprenticeship system have become “blurred”. In its… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Parliamentary launch for FE Week’s Save Our Adult Education campaign draws huge support More than 200 passionate supporters of lifelong learning packed-out the official launch of FE Week’s #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign in the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exam board faces £50,000 Ofqual fine for handling of qualifications fraud case An awarding organisation is facing a fine of £50,000 over its handling of a high-profile case of alleged qualifications… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Former ‘outstanding’ college’s Oftsed rating slumps after first inspection for decade A college that went a decade without being inspected by Ofsted has crashed two grades. Bury College was rated… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Another 100 students left with FE loans and no courses after demise of provider Edudo Another 100 learners appear to have been left with heavy student loans debt but no qualifications to show for… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Manchester merger scrapped by FE Commissioner One of just two mergers recommended in the troubled Manchester area review has been scrapped following intervention by the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News School funding ‘done rather well’ and it’s cuts to 16-18 that’s the ‘bigger story’ claims Institute for Fiscal Studies Researchers at the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) have contrasted cuts to 16-18 funding with “spending shifting towards earlier… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Newer 1 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 808 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