News College resorts to £700k loan from local council A college has turned to its county council for a £700,000 loan to help address a “need for short-term… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Ramadan set to affect exam dates Summer exams will be affected by the timing of Ramadan for the next four years, with GCSE re-sits compounding… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Age UK tumbles to inadequate Ofsted rating Major charity and training provider Age UK has tumbled from a ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating. The report out… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Minister to visit centre proposed as new FE college Skills minister Nick Boles has agreed to visit a Kent skills centre following an invitation from the local MP… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Exclusive: Area reviews already behind schedule The government’s area reviews of post-16 education and training are already running behind schedule, with the government accused of… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Third round of invitations to tender for long-awaited ESF contracts launched The third round of invitations to tender for delayed European Social Fund (ESF) contracts have been published. The six local… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Colleges in first two London area reviews revealed Seventeen general FE colleges and six sixth form colleges (SFCs) will be included in the first two “sub-regional” area… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Two local authority providers slump two Ofsted grades to inadequate Two local authority FE providers have slumped from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ Ofsted ratings. The grade four-overall results on adult… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Warm tributes to former principal of Leeds City College and Stockport College Peter Roberts Former principal of Leeds City College and Stockport College Peter Roberts CBE has died. Mr Roberts, who retired at… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News FE Week and Me student photography competition – deadline extended The deadline for the annual FE Week and Me student photography competition, in partnership with NCFE has been extended… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Second ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted rating for City College Coventry in under three years Trouble-hit City College Coventry has been hit with its second ‘inadequate’ Ofsted report in less than three years, FE… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Knighthood for FE Commissioner in New Year’s Honours list Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins has been given a knighthood for services to the sector in the New… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 807 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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
