News ‘Deep concern’ over local enterprise partnerships’ funding decisions A call has been made for local enterprise partnerships to have a new contracting process that’s “fair and transparent”… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Sir David Collins earned £0.5m in three years as FE commissioner The former FE commissioner Sir David Collins earned just under £500,000 for doing the job part-time, it has been… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Week left to register for Brathay apprenticeship challenge There is just one week to go for employers and training providers to enter the sixth annual Brathay Apprentice… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Revealed at last: Government sets aside £726m for area review restructuring The government has set aside almost three quarters of a billion pounds to cover restructuring costs emerging from the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Chartered Institution for Further Education appoints new chief executive The Chartered Institution for Further Education has appointed Dan Wright as its new chief executive officer, with plans for… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Funding axe for provider following FE Week investigation A training provider whose parent company hit FE Week’s front page after it went bust, leaving learners unable to complete… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive ‘Incredibly unfair’ funding quirk riles colleges Colleges have hit out at an “incredibly unfair” flaw in the notorious English and maths condition-of-funding rule – which… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Daventry UTC announces it is to close next year Low student numbers will lead to closure at yet another University Technical College. The trustees of UTC for New Technologies at… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News SFA criticised for ‘total farce’ over key provider submission failures Management by the Skills Finding Agency of a key provider submission of learner data has been labelled a “total… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive: Ofsted wants key degree apprenticeship inspection role Talks have begun between Ofsted and the government over extending the inspectorate’s remit to cover degree apprenticeships. Paul Joyce,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Reports of discrimination at SFA double in a year Levels of reported discrimination in a key FE government agency have doubled in a year, an annual staff survey… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News SFA extends data return deadline as Hub crashes The Skills Funding Agency has extended its deadline for a key data collection, after the Hub suffered another breakdown…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 804 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
