News Gazelle Group on its last legs after its director and most members quit The Gazelle Colleges Group is on life support following a precipitous drop in membership, months of inactivity and the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Outstanding colleges might now expect a visit from Ofsted Ofsted seems to be heading for a U-turn on a controversial policy that exempts providers rated ‘outstanding’ from routine… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Funding reform will see 16-18 apprenticeships ‘drop by two thirds’ The government must make a “clear and unambiguous” commitment to 16-to-18 apprenticeships, after a major provider warned that funding… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Thousands competing in AoC Sport National Championships 2017 Up to 2,000 elite college sporting stars will travel to Nottingham in April to compete in the AoC Sport… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Sign Language qualifications accepted as English functional skills alternative for apprenticeships British Sign Language qualifications will be accepted instead of English functional skills for apprenticeships, in a move to encourage… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Institute for Apprenticeships consultation launched This morning the government launched their long awaited Institute for Apprenticeships consultation. With a January 31 deadline, you have less… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News FE principals neglected again as New Year’s honours list praises only a handful FE college principals have again fared poorly in the Queen’s honours list, with only three being recognised for their… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News FE figures honoured by the Queen in her 2017 list The work of the chief executive officer of adult learning provider City Lit has been recognised in this year’s… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Top 10 FE Week online news stories in 2016 FE Week continues to bring you all the important news, analysis and comment, pressing the government on key unanswered… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News 2016 in FE Week cartoons – vote for your favourite This year brought a wealth of interesting developments for FE Week to cover – from a new government to… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News FE Week supplement review 2016 Over the course of this year FE Week produced a whopping 172 pages of content across 10 supplements covering… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Scotland to spend less than half their levy funding on apprenticeships The Scottish government has announced that its use of the apprenticeships levy will be more flexible than in England,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Newer 1 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 804 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
