News Second wave of maths upskilling courses planned for FE teachers The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) will run a second wave of training courses aimed at increasing the number… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Finanacial problems ‘typical’ says principal ordered to improve The principal of a financially-troubled sixth form college ordered by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) to improve has hit… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Ofsted’s new CIF plans under three-point inspection Reading the preamble to Ofsted’s Better inspection for all consultation suggests a degree of reflection from Chief Inspector Sir… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News £142m contractor top-slicing ‘extortionate’ 40 pc The country’s biggest Skills Funding Agency (SFA) contractor is charging management fees up to an “extortionate” 40 per cent… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News AELP concerns over Labour’s apprenticeship policy The Labour Party has been urged by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) to scrap its policy… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Brave bonzo Kendal College has opened an animal rescue and rehabilitation centre staffed by tutors and learners — and one of… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News MPs hear of ‘cluster’ solution to apprenticeships Colleges should form closer ties with schools to encourage more young people into apprenticeships, Ofsted FE and skills director… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News ‘No excuses’ as Ofsted sees lack of progress in grade four recovery The principal of a troubled London college has conceded there were “no excuses” for the poor results in an… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Flexibility plea after apprenticeships fall Greater contracting flexibility at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) could help reverse the continued decline in all-age apprenticeship starts,… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Principal issues ‘think of learners’ plea over strike plans The principal of Lambeth College has pleaded with University and College Union (UCU) members to step back from “damaging… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Chief exec redundant with end of federation The chief executive of a two-college federation has been told his position has been made “redundant” with the break-up… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Council dishes out £2m loan to ‘safeguard’ college An East London council has given out a £2m loan to “help safeguard” the future of its local college…. FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y Newer 1 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 749 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Politics Exclusive Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’ Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4w Next 3 stories Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo
