News Asbestos dust, dangerous workshop lathes and repetitive strain injury among issues prompting more than 20 Health and Safety Executive notices More than 20 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) notices have been served to FE colleges in the last five… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Commissioner reveals early post-16 area review findings Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured) has revealed his early findings from the first wave of post-16 area… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Sajid Javid rules out degree apprenticeships target as too ‘complex’ Business Secretary Sajid Javid has ruled out a degree apprenticeships target — warning it would be “too complex” and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Better careers advice needed to boost young apprenticeship numbers Better advice and guidance for young people is needed with figures suggesting 16 to 24-year-olds were making up a… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News New subcontracting audits requirement questioned by Association of Colleges A new Skills Funding Agency (SFA) requirement for lead contractors to pay for an external audit of their subcontracting… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Policy Exchange report says large slice of university reserves cash should go to FE University reserves of around £12bn could play an important role in rebalancing the funding deficit between higher education and… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Ofsted to criticise apprenticeships for ‘accrediting existing low-level skills, like making coffee and cleaning floors’ A hotly anticipated Ofsted report will warn of a slump in the quality of apprenticeships that often fail to… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Dozens of National Apprenticeship Awards winners announced in ceremonies across England [slideshow_deploy id=’40567′] Dozens of high achieving apprentices and employers have been recognised at National Apprenticeship Awards ceremonies across England…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Public consultations to be held for all new Trailblazer assessment plans All trailblazer assessment plans are going to be put out to public consultation from the end of this month,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship levy plans may be better as ‘nuclear’ deterrent, says top Oxford University academic A senior academic has said apprenticeship levy plans were like a “nuclear weapon — it may be worth threatening… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Boost FE with higher education cash’ report from Policy Exchange due The government is expected to face calls to boost FE budgets with funding from the higher education sector in… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Government absent as FE protestors call for Esol answers Government ministers were missing from a lobby on funding cuts to English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) —… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y Newer 1 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 812 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
