News Growth in 25+ apprenticeship starts as older learner numbers return to pre-FE loan levels The proportion of 25+ apprenticeships has gone back up to levels last seen before the failed 24+ apprentice loans… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Apprenticeships quality to come under the House of Lords spotlight Apprenticeships will this week come under the spotlight in a House of Lords debate focussing on the quality and… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Public Accounts Committee to look at FE ‘financial meltdown’ Concerns the FE sector is heading for “financial meltdown” are set to be investigated by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Two official apprenticeship vacancy websites still live — months after one was due to close Two official apprenticeship vacancy websites are still running five months after one of them was said to be closing… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News FE Commissioner ends work at ‘back on track’ Barnfield and Weymouth Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins will be stepping back from involvement at previously troubled Barnfield College and Weymouth… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News ‘It’s about finding the right measures of quality’ — City & Guilds Industry Skills Board panel on how to make apprenticeships work A panel of five representatives from industry and trade unions was drawn together by City & Guilds to discuss… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Trust launches 16 new tech-based projects to help boost digital learning in FE The University for Industry (Ufi) Trust has officially launched 16 tech-based projects that it hopes will revolutionise digital learning… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Legal seal of approval granted for FE chartered status body Chartered status for colleges and training providers in the FE sector has moved an important step closer after the… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Boles addresses apprenticeship standard quality concerns Skills Minister Nick Boles (pictured above) addressed concerns about how the quality of apprenticeships will be policed as the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Minister says Ofsted apprenticeships review likely to highlight ‘quite a lot of bad practice’ An upcoming Ofsted review of apprenticeships is likely to lay bare “quite a lot of bad practice,” Skills Minister… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Let larger firms share levy funding with small employers, says FSB Large employers should be able to hand out apprenticeship funding earned under the government’s proposed new levy system to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Under threat area review colleges step in as local school shuts sixth form Three Greater Manchester colleges subject to one of the government’s post-16 education area reviews have been called on to… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y Newer 1 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 812 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
