News Prisoners to work towards apprenticeships Offenders will be able to work towards an apprenticeship while in prison for the first time under new plans… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Kensington and Chelsea College principal resigns with immediate effect The principal of Kensington and Chelsea College has resigned with immediate effect, FE Week can reveal. Staff at the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Lead DfE civil servant debunks Skills Plan ‘myth’ The government’s controversial plans to replace over 20,000 technical courses with 15 routes won’t lead to just 15 qualifications,… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Race on to approve assessors in time for apprentices finishing in March Fresh concerns have been raised about endpoint tests on apprenticeships, after an FE Week investigation found learners who will… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Editor Asks part two: Apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon on employer ownership, assessment organisations and subcontracting Last week, I spoke to apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon about the government’s so-called funding U-turn and the apprenticeship levy…. Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Small school scandal deepens as academy trust found running sixth form with fewer than 20 pupils A multi-academy trust might be running a new sixth form with fewer than 20 students, FE Week has learned,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Police called to college following suspected stabbing Police were called to Rotherham College of Arts and Technology today following reports that a teenager had been stabbed…. Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Student focus for Sir Vince Cable’s FE comeback An FE comeback for Sir Vince Cable will see him lead a new research project for the National Union… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Minister ‘pretty sure’ assessments will be in place by the time apprentices finish The apprenticeships and skills minister is “pretty sure” that no apprentices will get to the end of their course… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Fruity reception expected for Halfon’s apples and pears Members of the Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy could be forgiven for getting fruity with Robert Halfon… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Peter Lauener at odds with sector over lack of end-point assessors The new apprenticeships reform policing body’s boss insisted a shortage of approved end-point assessors is not a serious problem –… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Minister accused of ‘hoodwinking the house’ over apprenticeship cuts Apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon (pictured above) has been accused of “trying to hoodwink the house” over apprenticeship funding cuts… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 804 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
