News EXCLUSIVE: UTCs running at 10 per cent full as enrolment plummets A number of University Technical Colleges (UTCs) were running at around 10 per cent capacity last academic year —… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News IfL JOBS AT RISK The future of more than a dozen Institute for Learning (IfL) jobs was today looking uncertain as it prepares… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College wins second round in VAT fight – third round next Hopes of a multi-million pound VAT rebate for principals have been boosted by a Hampshire college’s second legal win… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Phones 4u collapse leaves learners in dark More than 800 apprentices were today in the dark over their qualifications and job future after Skills Funding Agency… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Student services leader criticises DfE over ‘costly’ handling of FE free meal top-ups Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has felt the full force of college student service leaders’ frustration over her department’s handling… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fraudster cash goes toward apprenticeships return A council in Bedfordshire will use the ill-gotten gains of a junk mail fraudster to bring back its apprenticeship… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Minister to rule on Barnfield split after public say Skills Minister Nick Boles will rule on plans for Barnfield College to leave the Barnfield Federation once a public… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News BREAKING: AoC goes ahead with pay deal despite UCU opposition The Association of Colleges (AoC) is to proceed with its pay deal despite plans by the University and College Union… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News REVEALED – the new FE Insider columnist for FE Week Like the next Dr Who or latest James Bond, the world has been waiting with bated breath to learn… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News DfE U-turn on FE free meals policy puts top-ups back on menu The Department for Education (DfE) today revealed a U-turn on its FE free meals policy, allowing providers to boost… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News UCU announces strike and possible further action as members reject 1 per cent pay rise College staff have voted to strike next month in the latest of a series of strikes over pay, the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College rips up ‘not fit for purpose’ UTC action plan An improvement plan aimed at turning around the fortunes of an inadequate-rated university technical college (UTC) has been ripped… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 750 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w Politics Exclusive Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’ Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo