News Summer budget: Osborne announces apprenticeship levy for large businesses A levy on large businesses to help fund apprenticeship growth has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne. Mr Osborne’s… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New Lords committee on social mobility set to look into apprenticeships A newly-established House of Lords committee on social mobility launches its first investigation tomorrow — and apprenticeships are set to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News What to expect from FE’s most feared Budget It’s less than 24 hours to go before what is possibly the FE and skills sector’s most feared Budget… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News On your marks, get set, go! — apprentices’ Brathay challenge final gets underway This week learners from up and down the country are battling to be crowned apprentice team of the year… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News TUC general secretary tells Unionlearn conference that fighting FE cuts is ‘first priority’ Trade Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady told delegates at the Unionlearn conference that fighting the “false economy of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Clock ticks down to start of Team UK’s Brazilian WorldSkills adventure The clock is well and truly ticking with 880 hours to go before the UK’s top apprentices jet off… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Barnfield academy chain gets new name The academy trust that was built up by Barnfield College has announced plans to sever its last link with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges’ race record in question College leaders have been urged to make the promotion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) principals a “priority”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Functional skills fight after GCSE entry requirement u-turn Childcare apprenticeship providers were today hoping a government announcement on GCSE equivalences “in due course” might provide a second… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ex-NCN principal Basi in FE Commissioner showdown A principal accused of steering his former college into “unprofitable non-core activities” has clashed with FE Commissioner Dr David… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Under-fire principal ‘committed’ to staying in post The under-fire principal of a Midland college has told FE Week of her commitment to staying on in the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA reveals those told to pay back after surprise in-year audit The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has released the identities of the 97 providers who paid back £554k after a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 803 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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
