Long read, Students Investigation What’s behind the rise in bad student behaviour in colleges? Colleges are inheriting rising levels of bad behaviour from schools. FE Week investigates the consequences and finds out what… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y News DfE: ‘No plans’ to change single-phrase Ofsted judgments The government will respond to MPs’ concerns this Thursday Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Colleges College told to consider merger after pricey subcontracting fiasco Leaders also launch legal action against partners amid ‘significant’ ESFA clawback Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Adult education, Devolution, Politics Local elections: What mayoral hopefuls have to say on skills Elections are set to take place on May 2 Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y DfE Recognise young carers on the ILR to better support their needs, DfE urged Calls amplify for ILR data field for young carers to close ‘gaping hole’ in data collection Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ care provider accuses Ofsted of ‘overlooking’ sector crisis Inspectors say too many apprentices miss their planned end date as they cover extra shifts instead of training Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Employment Exclusive DWP slammed for keeping revived training scheme outcomes a secret SWAPs have had 330,000 participants since it was re-launched in 2020 Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Ofsted North Yorkshire college downgraded following leadership ‘turbulence’ Craven College was led amost entirely by a team of interim senior managers Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Apprenticeships Exclusive MoJ’s prison service U-turns on mandatory apprenticeships Training requirements ‘put strain’ on prison safety, HMPPS says as thousands of custody officers drop out Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Adult education First Holex CEO revealed Caroline McDonald will assume the position of the membership body’s first chief executive from August Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y News DfE mistakenly gives university intervention powers to FE Commissioner New policy doc to be retracted after accidentally expanding FECs remit into HE Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Ofsted Ofsted downgrades large Birmingham college to ‘requires improvement’ Inspectors criticise low achievement rates and poor attendance at SCCB Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 811 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
