News Breaking: Full Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers finally published Almost 75 per cent of applicants to the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers were successful, the Skills Funding Agency… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News UTC joining college-backed multi academy trust after Ofsted blow Swindon’s university technical college will join the Activate Learning Education Trust, after being hit by an ‘inadequate’ grade in… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Studio school to stop recruiting from 14 and become sixth form A former Ofsted ‘outstanding’ studio school has announced it will stop recruiting from age 14 and only offer provision… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Government considers legislation change to protect learners with loans when providers go bust The government is considering a change in legislation to protect learners left in loans debt after their providers go… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Warm tributes paid to ‘doyenne’ of the employability and skills sector Janette Faherty Fond tributes have been paid to Janette Faherty OBE, a “doyenne” of the employability and skills sector who has died… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted watch: College bounces back from inadequate to good A college that has bounced back from a grade four to a grade two is leading the charge on… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Apprenticeship frameworks could be discontinued without SFA approval The UK’s food and drink frameworks could be switched off against the government’s wishes, FE Week has learned. The… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive More loans misery as provider goes under Yet another training provider has gone bust, leaving dozens more blameless learners left with plenty of loans debt but… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News SFA blasted over ‘mystery shopper’ scheme FE Week readers are up in arms about the Skills Funding Agency’s new mystery shopper scheme to test apprenticeships,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Unison: First4Skills collapse ‘could have broken the law’ The UK’s strict redundancy laws may have been breached when one of the largest apprenticeship providers in England unexpectedly… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Breaking: SFA unveils ‘mystery shopper’ scheme to test how ready providers are for apprenticeship reforms The Skills Funding Agency has launched a new “mystery shopper” scheme to find out how prepared providers are for… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Budget 2017: Sector hails Hammond’s ‘breakthrough budget’ for skills Today’s spring budget has been hailed as a “breakthrough budget for skills” as chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed major extra… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 813 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
