News Somerset provider reopens courses after major AEB increase – but it’s still £1m short A large community learning provider in Somerset has reopened courses today after the government granted it substantial extra emergency… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Greening announces 27 new degree apprenticeship projects, but no new money UPDATE: HEFCE has now announced details of the 27 projects on its website. We’ve alerted the DfE ———————————————————————————————————— Justine Greening… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News DfE confirms HE fee policy change WILL apply to FE loans The government’s proposed rise in the repayment threshold for student loans will apply to FE loans, it has been… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Exclusive ESFA finds additional AEB funding in effort to solve tender chaos The ESFA has confirmed it has found additional adult education budget funding and sent out letters to relevant independent… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive DfE to announce solution to AEB tender chaos later today UPDATE: An hour after publishing this article the ESFA sent out electronic letters confirming the additional AEB funding (click… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Review of apprentice provider list planned The government is already planning to review its register of apprenticeship training providers, but not until the new window… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Editor asks: Can mega colleges ever be too big to fail? With colleges across the country pressured into mega-mergers and the government dishing out special treatment to the ailing FE… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Details of new T-level tendering timeline revealed The Department for Education is moving forward with a detailed new timetable for the implementation of T-levels, FE Week… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News First4Skills: what happened after its disastrous collapse? The apprenticeships giant First4Skills went bust in March after its skills funding was pulled due to an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Revealed: £200m adult education budget underspend FE providers failed to spend a giant chunk of the adult education budget over the past academic year. A… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Learndirect Apprenticeships tries to avoid the past with major rebrand A firm set up by Learndirect as a separate entity to run its apprenticeships division has begun a significant… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Labour conference: Corbyn to tackle automation jobs threat with free FE Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to tackle the threat to jobs from automation by offering free tuition for all FE… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y Newer 1 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
