News Fraudster jailed for 15 months after faking apprenticeship certificates A man has been jailed for 15 months for defrauding New College Swindon out of almost £43,000 of Skills… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Members of Squad UK announced for euroskills Gothenburg 2016 A team of the country’s most skilled young people have been selected to represent the UK at EuroSkills 2016,… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Breaking: Tees Valley area review ends with three proposed mergers Three mergers involving five FE colleges and one sixth form college (SFC) have been proposed as part of the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Second solo UTC hit with EFA improvement notice A second standalone university technical college (UTC) has been handed a financial notice to improve over an “apparent loss… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News First solo UTC served with financial notice to improve The first ever standalone university technical college (UTC) to be hit with a financial improvement notice must draw up… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Revised accounts show principal annual pay packet of £358,000 LATEST: Nescot accepts former £360k a year principal was unfairly dismissed The college with the best-paid principal in the… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News New taskforce aims to help those with learning disabilities onto apprenticeships The government has announced a taskforce to help more people with learning disabilities to access apprenticeships — but admitted… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Apprenticeship levy could fund training for vicars The apprenticeship levy could be used to train the next generation of Church of England (CoE) vicars. The CoE… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Out-of-area funding exposes devolution ‘postcode lottery’ > ‘Valuable analysis’ shows 20 per cent of adult funding being spent on learners outside region of the provider… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News EXCLUSIVE: Nottingham college appoints ex-council boss just six months after reported £230k pay-off A former chief executive of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, who reportedly received a £230,000 voluntary redundancy pay-off from the local… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Minister warns college is failing too many of its students A college hit with two inadequate Ofsted ratings in three years has been told by Skills Minster Nick Boles… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Growth requests offered for any apprenticeship standards Growth requests are being offered for the delivery of any of the new apprenticeship standards, FE Week can reveal…. Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y Newer 1 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 804 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