News Autumn statement: Government to devolve adult education budget to London The government has announced that it is devolving the adult education budget to London, through today’s autumn statement. Details… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Autumn statement: Hammond approves 10p apprentice minimum wage rise The national minimum wage for apprentices will rise from £3.40 per hour to £3.50 – a bigger increase than… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Pearson’s apprentice Ofsted rating up two grades to ‘good’ Pearson has recovered two grades from its previous ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating for its apprenticeship provision. The global education business was… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Future ‘remains uncertain’ for Central Sussex College, Ofsted warns Inspectors have warned that the future of Central Sussex College “remains uncertain”, in a new Ofsted report. A ‘requires improvement’… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Lauener reveals staffing levels for new Institute for Apprenticeships Answers have finally been given to key questions over staffing levels for the new Institute for Apprenticeships. The body,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News College slumps to ‘inadequate’ Ofsted after coming bottom in FE Week league table The college that came out bottom in FE Week’s national college league table, unveiled just four days ago, has… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Scotland and Wales win big at Skills Show 2016 competition finals Scottish and Welsh Colleges have emerged as the big winners at the Skills Show 2016 in Birmingham as they… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Show Results 2016 – organisation league table Organisation league table for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals. Rank Points Organisation Gold Silver Bronze Highly Commended… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Skills Show Results 2016 by competition Full list of results by competition area for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals. Competition Forename… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News FE Week’s annual charity auction raises a whopping £14,000 A last-minute donation from the new FE commissioner pushed the total money raised at the FE Week 2016 annual… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Editor Asks: David Hughes in conversation (part 2) Part two of our wide-ranging interview with the new AoC boss David Hughes covers the new FE commissioner, area… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News National schools commissioner addresses college leaders The eight RSCs work closely with the national schools commissioner Sir David Carter, who put in two appearances at… FE Week 9y FE Week 9y Newer 1 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 807 Older Must read 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 2d Jessica Hill 2d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo