News Exclusive Damning evidence mounts against DfE over Learndirect The Department for Education did not launch a funding audit of Learndirect at the end of March, even though… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News College caught on camera touting for rival’s learners A college has been snapped touting for students right outside a rival’s campus – enflaming tensions sparked by a… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News ESFA row-back on plans to increase apprenticeship performance threshold The government has today scrapped plans to increase by three percentage points the apprenticeship minimum standard achievement threshold. The… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y 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 Newer 1 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 848 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
