News Functional Skills first reveals just 63pc achievement Nearly 40 per cent of under 19 Functional Skills (FS) enrolments at general FE and tertiary colleges and independent… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Achievement’ for levels two and three down since 2010 Level two and three “total achievement” levels for people aged 19 and above have declined over the last five… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Closure of third-full UTC prompts wider review call College sector leaders have called for a review of the drive for more University Technical Colleges (UTC) after one… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Coalition parties let manifesto differences get between them Funding increases, University Technical Colleges (UTCs) near every English city, a commission on funding for lifelong learning and millions… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFAsteps in for campus revamp go ahead at cash-strapped college A cash-strapped East Midlands college’s plans for a multimillion pound campus revamp have been saved after the Skills Funding… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Coalition duo go separate FE ways with manifestos Yellow and blue went head to head as the two coalition partners made their policy pitches to the nation…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Was your college among best or worst success rates performers? The Skills Funding Agency’s national success rates were published this month — and for the first time ever were… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principal ‘on leave’ after staff no confidence votes New College Stamford was remaining tight-lipped about the position of its under-fire principal April Carrol after staff passed a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ex-teacher charged with 28 sex offences A teacher who worked at Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) has been charged with dozens of sex offences, including… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Problems with SFA salary info Two colleges have told how Skills Funding Agency accounts showing what they spent on salary for the post of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lib Dems join apprenticeship numbers race with pledge to double number of businesses with apprentices The Liberal Democrats have joined the apprenticeship numbers race, matching Tory plans to create 3m starts in the next… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Councils fail to promote sector’s SEN provision Councils are facing a call to better promote FE provision for learners with special educational needs (SEN) after a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 803 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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
