News Further education learners and staff to take the cuts protest to MPs’ front door at Parliament FE staff and students are set to lobby politicians directly tomorrow afternoon as they take the fight against swingeing sector… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Tax expert and public private relationships adviser to take reins at 157 Group The new chief executive of the 157 Group is to be Ian Pretty, currently a senior vice president for… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News UTCs team to ‘work with’ Boles on programme The organisation behind Lord Baker’s university technical colleges (UTCs) has said it will be “working with” Skills Minister Nick… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Is England set to go Dutch on skills system? Super colleges and beefed-up sector skills councils could be on the horizon — if Skills Minister Nick Boles’s hopes… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Let’s work together on 16 to 19s, FE leaders tell local councils Sector leaders have said they are keen to work with local authorities on improving 16 to 19 participation and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprentice recruitment halted over funding delay Providers hit with an unexpected and “agonising wait” to find out if they will be paid for apprenticeships and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News MPs pitch for chair posts on FE committees Nominations have closed, and the race to chair two of Parliament’s most influential select committees is almost over. Labour… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Burnham backlash over apprentice loans worries Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham sparked an alarmed response on Twitter after his comments on apprenticeship loans led to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Enterprise bill to protect term ‘apprenticeship’ and force public bodies to recruit Apprenticeships will be given the same legal protection as degrees, allowing a clampdown on firms which misuse the term,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principal and vocational teaching leader Frank McLoughlin leads FE & skills pack in Queen’s Birthday honours with knighthood City and Islington College principal and chair of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (Cavtl) Frank McLoughlin has… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former North Hertfordshire College principal Fintan Donohue denies knowledge of success rates manipulation Former North Hertfordshire College (NHC) principal Fintan Donohue has denied any “knowledge of wrongdoing” after it was discovered that… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Productivity ‘in danger’ from government’s 3m apprenticeships aim The government target to create 3m apprenticeship starts could pose “a real danger” to national productivity, National Institute of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 803 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