News Brathay Challenge finalists to compete for apprentice team of year title unveiled The finalists who will battle it out to be crowned apprentice team of the year in the fifth annual… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Skills Funding Agency demands answers from Nescot following FE Week probe LATEST: Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has demanded an… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Don’t ‘reinvent the wheel’ with ethnic minority work review A prominent campaigner for more black and Asian college principals has warned against “reinventing the wheel” — after a… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News TPE review delayed again – this time until July The findings of a hotly anticipated review into technical and professional education (TPE) have been hit by further delays… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Four in five apprentices studying at a level they already have Four out of five people doing level two and three apprenticeships are on a level they have already studied… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Key Saudi deal architect advising commissioner One of the architects of the controversial deal to set colleges up in Saudi Arabia is now an adviser… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News One in three providers threatened with subcontracting ban after failing to follow funding rules The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has written to a third of prime providers, after it was unable to find… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News ATA starts confusion reigns: Were there 16,000 or 1,340? There are now more than 50 apprenticeship training agencies (ATAs) — but confusion surrounds how many apprentices each one… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Treasury tight-lipped over the size of restructuring fund The Treasury is remaining tight-lipped on the size of the cash pot it has set aside for sector restructuring… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News New city mayors reaffirm their FE commitments Sadiq Khan, the new mayor of London, has spoken out in support of the “neglected” FE sector — telling… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Four more college merger proposals unveiled Four more mergers involving seven FE colleges and one sixth form college (SFC) have been proposed this week. Three… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Here we Gove again: Now we’re getting academies for prisons Governors at prisons will get direct power to hire providers for offender learning — as the Justice Secretary Michael Gove… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 804 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
