News DfE launches its FIFTH consultation on apprenticeship funding reform The Department for Education has put out yet another survey on how reforms to apprenticeship funding are affecting employers… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News IfA interviewing chief executive candidates Interviews for a permanent chief executive at the Institute for Apprenticeships will at last begin later this month, finishing… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Education select committee to investigate subcontracting The Commons education select committee will investigate subcontracting, and Learndirect is expected to feature prominently. The committee, now chaired… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y 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 Newer 1 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
