News Consultation on FE maintenance loans launched The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has today launched a long-awaited consultation into introducing maintenance loans for… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Sussex colleges announce plans to merge into a ‘regional institute’ City College Brighton & Hove and neighbouring Northbrook College have announced plans to merge into a new Regional Institute… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Welcome news as SFA publish provider funding allocations for 2016/17 This afternoon the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) sent colleges and training providers their eagerly anticipated funding allocations for next year. As… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Two more London colleges confirm merger ahead of area reviews Hackney Community College and Tower Hamlets College have today confirmed that they will merge from August this year. FE… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Latest apprenticeship figures show mixed picture and little overall increase The number of new 16-18 apprenticeship starts has continued to rise although the level of new starters in adult… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Hundreds of AAC delegates hear latest on government’s apprenticeship reforms FE Week’s second Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) saw more than 900 delegates fill Birmingham’s International Convention Centre for three… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News ‘Unsustainable debt’ issues behind area review delays, says FE Commissioner Issues with colleges’ “long-standing unsustainable debt” have been highlighted by the FE Commissioner as a key cause of hold-ups… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Bristol college’s accounts question future as a ‘going concern’ A college’s own accounts have questioned its “ability to continue as a going concern” after it was set to… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Photography competition win for Libby Gillard Coleg Cambria student Libby Gillard is the winner of this year’s FE Week and Me Photography Competition. The 19-year-old,… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Sir Vince Cable ‘fears’ apprenticeship levy is simply a Treasury ‘revenue raising measure’ The apprenticeship levy is a “revenue raising measure” for the Treasury, former business secretary Sir Vince Cable has said…. Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Data dashboard to shut down after just two years Ofsted’s FE and skills data dashboard is to close just two years after it was launched. The announcement was… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Apprenticeship providers training the SFA staff If you were the funding agency responsible for apprenticeships and looking to take on your own recruits, which college… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y Newer 1 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 817 Older Must read 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo