News Public sector apprenticeship targets to be debated in Parliament Apprenticeship targets for the public sector and making the misuse of the term apprenticeship an offence will be debated… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Colleges and training providers left disappointed as equality and diversity fund closed The Equality and Diversity Good Practice Fund was the source of 29 innovative projects in 2014/15, but providers hoping… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Government urged to act over SEND travel cuts The government has been urged to review transport arrangements for post-16 special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) students, after… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Employer Skills Survey in limbo after funding cut Questions remain over the future of the UK’s largest employer skills survey, with indications that responsibility for labour market… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Pearson contract doubts after Inadequate Ofsted Pearson is in danger of having its contract with the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) terminated after Ofsted slammed its… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News BIS select committee Productivity Plan report: Exclusive Q & A with chair Iain Wright The Business, Innovation and Skills committee released the findings of its investigation into the government’s productivity plan today. Senior… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News MPs single out government’s apprenticeship schemes in critical Productivity Plan report The Government’s much-lauded “Productivity Plan” has been criticised by a committee of cross-party MPs today – with concerns raised… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Elmfield Training founder slapped with six-year ban for £1m withdrawal The founder of a scandal-hit apprenticeship provider has been disqualified from acting as a director for six years after… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Student’s prize-winning Chartered Status logo dropped A student’s competition-winning logo intended to be the sign of Chartered Status for FE providers has been dumped by… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News MPs to review DfE financial management after last-minute delay to annual accounts MPs will probe the financial management at the Department for Education (DfE) after it used legislation to delay the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Former government apprenticeships adviser Doug Richard cleared of child sex charges Former government apprenticeship adviser Doug Richard has today been cleared of child sex charges after a week-long trial at… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News UCL launches education centre More than 120 people attended the official launch of a new Centre for Post-14 Education and Work by the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 812 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo