News Topslice offenders threatened with funding suspension Providers that flout rules on revealing how much they topslice when subcontracting have been given a November 23 deadline… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News OCR exam board chief Mark Dawe resigns The chief executive of one of the country’s leading awarding organisations has resigned, it was announced today. Mark Dawe,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Choices website set to close after three-and-a-half years The FE Choices website is to shut next month after three-and-a-half years, it was revealed by the Skills Funding… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Post-16 area review plans geared at FE and sixth form colleges dismissed as ‘fundamentally flawed’ Sector leaders have warned that the government’s post-16 education and training area review plans are “fundamentally flawed” because they… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Future of nearly 40 colleges in question as BIS and DfE reveals those facing area reviews Twenty two general FE colleges will be involved in the first round of post-16 education and training area reviews… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government apprenticeship reform adviser Doug Richard charged with child sex offences Government apprenticeship reform adviser and former BBC Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard has been charged with sexual activity with… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News New quality and access to apprenticeship fund proposed by Niace The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has called for a new fund to help improve the quality and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges’ free school hopes dashed by DfE rejection Two general FE colleges have had their free school plans thrown out by the Department for Education (DfE), FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Edition 145: Movers & Shakers Among the country’s colleges, independent learning providers and other skills bodies, at least 14 have welcomed new leaders for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New adult and community learning boss Pember facing a mixed performance picture With former government FE and skills boss Dr Sue Pember now installed at the helm of adult and community… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College sector sees ‘unique’ step of registering as Trailblazer assessor Leicester College has branched out from simply delivering apprenticeships in a college sector first by taking the “unique” step… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New uni system in place for HE in FE learners General FE colleges are hoping fears they could be overwhelmed with higher education gripes prove unfounded as they start… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 803 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