News Breaking: Funding announced for five new national colleges The government has announced the breakdown of £80m funding it has dedicated to creating five new national colleges —… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Delay adult education budget devolution plans, government told The government should delay the devolution of the adult education budge, because the Skills Funding Agency has still… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Publish subcontractor fees or face sanctions, providers told The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be contacting lead providers who have failed to publish subcontracting information in a… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Top law firm rejects new apprenticeship scheme for lawyers One of the UK’s largest legal firms has turned its back on new apprenticeships as a way of training… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Team UK announced for EuroSkills Gothenburg Twenty of the country’s most skilled young people have been selected to represent the UK at EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016…. Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News College ditches academies, blaming cuts and curriculum change A college is preparing to cut ties with two academies currently under its control — claiming that it is… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Third London college at risk of administered status A struggling college is in danger of becoming the third in London to be placed into administered status by… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Levy puts charities in ‘conflict of legislation’ Charities are caught in a “conflict of legislation” over the government’s apprenticeship levy, a senior sector figure has warned…. Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News North-east sixth form merger is first of its kind in two decades Two sixth form colleges have joined forces in what they claim is the first merger of its kind in… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Troubled Gazelle Group loses two more member colleges Two more colleges have quit the troubled Gazelle Group, including one of its founder members, FE Week can reveal…. Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News UTC Lancashire to shut up shop after just three years A fourth university technical college (UTC) has announced it will be shutting its doors due to low student numbers…. Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Sector leaders left ‘outside the tent’ on reforms The controversial new apprenticeship levy was drawn up in “a darkened room”, leading FE organisations to feel they were… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 820 Older Must read 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo