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 News Further education and skills sector bodies welcome Chartered Status membership The Association of Colleges (AoC) and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) have welcomed news that FE… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Network for Black and Asian Professionals chief executive Rajinder Mann blames ‘squeeze on the public purse’ for network’s demise The loss of two key contracts worth £164,000 led directly to the demise of the Network for Black and… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Busy day at the Skills Show for Theo Paphitis with visit to the hairdressers and the kitchen — and even the operating table Skills Show patron Theo Paphitis had a busy day in the hair salon today under the watchful eye of celebrity… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Record-breaking £14k raised for Helena Kennedy Foundation at FE Week charity auction The FE Week 2015 annual charity auction and raffle raised a record-breaking £14,000 for the Helena Kennedy Foundation. Leaders… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 807 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