News New guide aims to improve understanding of skills system among policy makers A comprehensive new guide to vocational education and training geared at improving the level of understanding of the skills system… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New education and business committee members revealed The new memberships of the two parliamentary select committees which oversee FE have been provisionally announced. Iain Wright, the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Professor Wolf calls for all employers to pay apprenticeship levy as she rejects Conservative manifesto funding plans A leading government vocational education adviser today warned the government would have to make all employers pay a levy… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Management consultant and former Tony Blair adviser to lead £20m DfE careers company Prominent management consultant and former adviser to Tony Blair Claudia Harris has been appointed to lead the Department for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government U-turn on new childcare apprenticeships hailed a victory for employers A government U-turn today on GCSE English and maths entry requirements for new childcare apprenticeships launching in August has been… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Javid refuses to rule out college closures in wake of cuts during grilling from MPs New Business Secretary Sajid Javid has refused to rule out college closures as a result of adult skills budget… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ETF launches how-to guides to help ’embed’ one-year-old professional standards The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) today launched a series of how-to guides for its online professional standards resources for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Youngest grade one MD’ outlines journey to outstanding from requires improvement in just over a year The managing director of a family-run Nottingham-based provider that shot up two Ofsted ratings to outstanding in just 16 months has… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Police shelve investigation into provider that owed £800k Warwickshire Police have shelved their investigation into independent learning provider Bright International, which left learners, staff and other creditors… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Still early days’ says BIS after just 300 Trailblazer apprenticeship starts in nine months The government has defended Trailblazer apprenticeships after official figures indicated there had been just 300 starts on the new… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New BIS committee chair calls for ‘real controls’ on success rates New Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee chair Iain Wright (pictured) has called for “real controls and mitigating actions” on… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principal issues Ofsted complaint after two-grade fall from outstanding A college that fell two Ofsted grades from outstanding has issued a formal complaint against Ofsted claiming it unfairly… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 807 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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
