News Greater Manchester local authority achieves outstanding first under new Ofsted inspection regime A Greater Manchester council has the honour of being FE’s first community learning and skills provider to be judged… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Skills Minister Nick Boles writes to college leaders to reaffirm two-thirds apprenticeship push Skills Minister Nick Boles has written to college leaders to reaffirm his message that they should be going from… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Government lifts traineeship restriction on providers Lead providers rated as requiring improvement and even inadequate by Ofsted will be able to deliver traineeships from next… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Skills Minister Nick Boles set for social mobility grilling from Lords Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and Skills Minister Nick Boles will be witnesses in the final evidence session of the… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Competition opens for £15m of first new ESF contracts Invitations to tender for almost £15m of long-awaited European Social Fund (ESF) cash were published today. Details of the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Government lays out timeline for apprenticeship reforms The government has laid out its timeline for implementing apprenticeship reforms over the next five years as it chases its… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Midland college FoI responses in spotlight The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is investigating a Midland man’s claim his local college is struggling with its legal… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Rejected National Colleges plans ‘not sufficiently mature’ The teams behind two proposed National Colleges told their plans were “not mature enough” to proceed have told FE… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News NUS FE leader Shakira Martin backs MPs’ call for free apprentice prescriptions A cross-party group of MPs has won the backing of NUS FE leader Shakira Martin (pictured) with their bid… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Level three 19 to 23 entitlement remains The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has given more details of its plans to extend FE loans,… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y FE Week 10y Newer 1 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 816 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
