News DfE confirms £267m underspend of 16-19 budget in last two years A whopping £130 million per year has gone unspent in 16 to 19 funding for each of the past… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Government breaks deferred loan repayments promise Learners stuck with heavy loans debt but no qualifications, after a training provider went bust, are still being forced… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News All three Tees Valley area review merger proposals fall through All three mergers proposed by the Tees Valley area review have now fallen through. News of the breakdown in… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Corbyn demands end of FE loans in new Labour push The government will be pressured by Labour in the coming months to scrap advanced learner loans, its leader Jeremy… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Kendal College falls from grade one This week brought disappointment for Kendal College, which lost its ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade and dropped down to ‘good’. The… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Learner satisfaction still highest with private providers Private training providers have maintained their near 10-point lead over colleges in the government’s annual learner satisfaction survey, which… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Sharp rise in loans for EU students before Brexit There was a sharp rise in the number of EU students taking up advanced learner loans this year despite… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Ofsted exposed over failure to monitor 1,200 subcontractors Ofsted has completely failed to act on a change in its rules that allow it directly to inspect subcontractors… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News ESFA reveals timescales for provider access to £50m work placement pot Further details of a £50 million pot for ‘capacity building’ work placements was announced this afternoon by the Education… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted to lose £15m funding by 2020 Ofsted’s inspection budget is expected to fall by nearly £15 million over the next three years, despite more than… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News FE champion Halfon elected chair of education select committee The former apprenticeships and skills minister and FE champion Robert Halfon has stepped back into the education limelight, by… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive: Date revealed for when DfE will publish revised 2014/15 achievement rate data Long-awaited revised achievement rates for individual providers will be published on July 27, FE Week can reveal. The Department… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 833 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
