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 News Ethnic minority target for apprenticeship diversity group The government launched the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network this week. One of its key aims will be to increase… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Early years educators shaken by sudden trailblazer shutdown The government has shut down the trailblazer group for early years educator apprenticeships, in a move described by sector… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Colleges welcome new apprenticeship subcontracting rules Colleges are using the new subcontracting rules to regain some of the ground lost to independent training providers accused… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News FE Week launches #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign FE Week is calling on the government to make three key policy changes to #SaveOurAdultEducation as part of a… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: FE college overcomes ‘inadequate’ period An FE college has climbed its way out of being ‘inadequate’ while an adult and community learning provider and… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Leaked briefing document reveals £170 million Institutes of Technology could be with ‘wholly new’ institutions New Institutes of Technology could be based at “wholly new” institutions, not just existing FE providers, a Department for… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 813 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
