News Exclusive Exclusive: Election delay for results of first adult education budget procurement The announcement of results of the first ever procurement process for the adult education budget has been delayed until… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Advertisements, News Paying training bills by Direct Debit could be key to apprenticeship levy success Taking on apprentices has long been off-putting for businesses because many believe that trainees’ courses are expensive and the… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Principal leaving UTC as year 10 recruitment stopped An ‘inadequate’ university technical college will not take on any new year 10 students from September and is on… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ambassador vows to ‘beat drum’ over small business fears The government’s small business apprenticeship ambassador will “continue to beat the drum” over fears that limited access to funding… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Support Our Sixth-formers campaign launched An extra £200 funding per sixth form student should be given to improve the support providers can offer these… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Area review transition fund shrouded in secrecy Confusion reigns over the £726 million fund earmarked to help colleges make changes recommended by the area reviews, after… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Cancer Research UK calls for major levy rethink over charities More than 20 leading charities including Cancer Research UK have joined forces to raise grave concerns over the apprenticeship… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofstedwatch: Contrasting fortunes for colleges This week saw a reverse of fortunes for two colleges – with Ofsted dragging one down from ‘outstanding’ but… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive DfE ditches Boles back-to-school plan for apprentices A plan to force apprentices to go back into schools and promote apprenticeships has seemingly been dumped just a… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Principal with 30 years’ experience named next AoC president York College principal Dr Alison Birkinshaw has been announced as the president-elect of the Association of Colleges. She will… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Anger over campus closure after £6 million refurb A college’s controversial decision to close a campus that had only recently been refurbished – at a cost of… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Devastating impact of non-levy allocations ‘horror show’ The allocations horror show has claimed its first victim, as a subcontractor with 18 years’ experience has announced it… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 829 Older Must read Qualifications 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo