News Sector set to step up for Muslim women’s £20m English funding The services of colleges and independent learning providers (ILPs) could be called upon to deliver English language lessons to… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Cameron’s 3m target boost — but no standard take-off Reformed apprenticeships have shown little sign of taking off in latest government statistics that indicate the programme could be… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Public sector apprenticeship target won’t apply to colleges Further education colleges will avoid being made to hit the new public sector apprenticeship recruitment target, FE Week can reveal…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Policy Consortium letter challenges Wilshaw over ‘inadequate at best’ claim Senior figures from the Policy Consortium have challenged Sir Michael Wilshaw over his claim that the FE sector is “inadequate… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Proposed foreign worker levy could net sector millions A proposed new levy on foreign workers could net the FE sector millions a year — but businesses warned… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Staff consulted over potential job losses at troubled Totton College A struggling sixth form college is consulting on a restructuring plan that it is thought could lead to dozens of job losses. Totton College,… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exeter College appoints new principal for April start John Laramy has been appointed as the new principal of Exeter College, replacing Richard Atkins who will retire in… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Leaders rush to defend FE from Sir Michael Key FE figures have spoken out in defence of the sector following a scathing attack by Ofsted boss Sir… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Online learning ‘not cheap option’ A Skills Funding Agency (SFA) decision not to introduce a reduced funding rate for online learning has been welcomed… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Feltag online learning target was ‘red herring’ [slideshow_deploy id=’43845′] The 10 per cent target for online learning included in the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Deadline missed on apprenticeship consultation The government has missed the first key deadline from its own timeline for apprenticeship reform implementation over the next… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News DfE figures reveal the FE sector winners and losers in vocational and A-level provision Greenhead Sixth Form College has come out on top again in this year’s league tables for schools and colleges,… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y Newer 1 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 817 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
