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 News Chartered status body for FE finally arrives The Privy Council today announced that the Queen had approved the grant of a Royal Charter to the Institution… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former FE students shine at AoC gold awards Former college learners who have gone on to shine in their chosen profession were celebrated the Association of Colleges… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Happy VQ Day! Vocational learning celebrations mark eighth annual event Happy VQ Day! Today will see the efforts of vocational learners up and down the country celebrated. It is… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ministers to review ‘questions’ over UTC programme in wake of Black Country closure Questions over Former Education Secretary Lord Baker’s University Technical Colleges (UTCs) programme will be reviewed by ministers after questions… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sectors unite to plead with Education Secretary and Chancellor on 16 to 19 funding Further Education sector leaders have joined forces with senior representatives from the schools world to plead with Education Secretary… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 807 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
