News Prime Minister unveils plans to ramp up public sector apprentice numbers Prime Minister David Cameron is tomorrow expected to unveil plans for 2.3 per cent of staff in large public… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Channel Four programme claims high street giant Next saved £2.5m in wages employing hundreds of low paid apprentices High Street giant Next slashed £2.5m off its wage bill by employing hundreds of low-earning apprentices, according to a… FE Week 9y FE Week 9y News Ofsted identifies improvement at horror youth prison Ofsted inspectors who uncovered “degrading treatment, racist comments and care from staff under the influence of illegal drugs” at… FE Week 9y FE Week 9y News Funding cut for back-to-work support Providers have been warned that government funding to help long-term unemployed people back into work was likely to be… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Unison to ballot workers in FE colleges in row over pay Trade union Unison will ballot FE workers in England in the New Year, in the latest development of an… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Annual Ofsted report exposes FE maths and English issues Ofsted deputy director for FE and skills Paul Joyce has outlined how the story of the education watchdog’s 2014/15… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Exclusive: Lep areas revealed for first round of invitations to tender for delayed ESF contracts These are the first areas which the will be involved in the first round of long-awaited invitations to tender… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Social mobility tsar Alan Milburn labels FE an ‘absolute jungle’ Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission chair Alan Milburn (pictured above) has told a Lords committee how the FE… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News College principal’s ‘regret’ at studio school closures over low pupil numbers The principal of a Midland college behind two studio schools struggling with low pupil numbers has told of her… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Bankruptcy warning on Saudi college ventures English colleges who set up new learner ventures in Saudi Arabia as part of multi-million pound deals could be… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News BIS report hails ‘substantial impact’ of FE on unemployed A government report has hailed the “substantial impact” of FE in getting unemployed people back into work — and… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Launch date finally set for first round of invitations to tender for Euro skills contracts The launch date for the first round of long-overdue invitations to tender for European Social Fund (ESF) contracts has… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 804 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