News Finances on the mend at New College Nottingham The FE Commissioner has finished his work at New College Nottingham (NCN) after overseeing dramatic improvement with its financial… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Whitehall uncertainty over 19+ FE loans while clarity needed over £160m savings from 16-19 funding Chancellor George Osborne’s extension of the FE loans system to 19 to 23-year-olds is a source of just as… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Much-feared Budget looks positive for adult skills budget — but what could the new 19-plus FE loans mean? Further education loans were extended to the 19+ age group in a positive-looking Spending Review that many feared could… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Skills Show 2015 sees record number of visitors — up 44 pc Record numbers of young people, teachers and parents visited the Skills Show in Birmingham last week, with figures for… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News More than 100 young people one step closer to WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 after qualifying for UK squad Nearly 150 young people are one step closer to taking on the world’s best, having been listed among the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Learndirect topslices almost £50m from subcontractors over two years as average management fee rises to 36 per cent Figures that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) demanded be published by today have revealed that Learndirect top-sliced almost £50m… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Where does your college sit in the FE Week 2015/16 adult apprenticeship allocations table? The exclusive front page story in FE Week edition 154 on startlingly low levels of apprenticeship delivery among some… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Lady Alison Wolf issues ‘headless chickens’ warning over Government’s 3m apprenticeship target Government adviser Professor Lady Alison Wolf (pictured above) has admitted harbouring serious doubts about David Cameron’s 3m apprenticeship starts… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Early years employers on DfE collision course Trailblazer employers in the early years sector are on a collision course with the government over the GCSE exit… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News ‘Keep out of it’ – AELP boss Stewart Segal warns Skills Minister Nick Boles off apprenticeships Skills Minister Nick Boles has been urged to stay out of apprenticeship delivery business after telling college principals that… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News SFA names 14 providers whose funding contracts were terminated early Fourteen training providers with combined allocations of nearly £6.9m in adult skills budget (ASB) and almost £5.8m for 16… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Golden night for City of Glasgow College as Skills Show competition winners announced City of Glasgow College emerged the big winner from Skills Show 2015 in Birmingham as it claimed eight medals,… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 803 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
