News Further education providers announced as Nuclear National College partners Further Education providers in the north and south of England have been named as key partners in a new… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Darlington College tumbles from grade one to four A North East England college has tumbled from an outstanding Ofsted rating to inadequate, an inspection report published today… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News EXCLUSIVE: SFA wins provider allocation deal with BIS to stop budget cuts hitting 32 per cent ‘Cushioning’ agreement with BIS limits worst of adult skills cuts to 24 per cent The Skills Funding Agency (SFA)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Budget confirms 2017 roll-out of apprenticeship vouchers as FE sector braces for more cuts New “digital apprenticeship vouchers” will be introduced in 2017, the government confirmed today as sector bodies raised concerns about… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Jan Hodges announces Edge Foundation retirement Edge Foundation chief executive Jan Hodges OBE today announced her retirement next month after a 35-year career in education…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Sector welcomes ‘biggest ever’ apprentice minimum wage rise An inflation-busting 20 per cent rise in the national minimum wage for apprentices announced today by Prime Minister David… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Number 10 reveals apprenticeship funding reform ahead of Budget The two-year apprenticeship funding reform saga in which employers were expected to be handed government money to pay for… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News European states rely on QCF to recognise English apprenticeships, DWP official admits The method used by other European states to recognise English apprenticeships relies on the doomed Qualifications and Credit Framework… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Education committee calls for careers advice to be ‘high up the agenda’ in next parliament Careers advice should be “high up the agenda” in the next parliament, the House of Commons education select committee… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Providers escape ‘£2m’ bill as fee plan dropped Apprenticeship providers have escaped a potential sector bill of more than £2m after the body which issues completion certificates… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Stamps and envelopes in Hub meltdown plan The emergency plan that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) would set in motion if its online data collection system… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News NCG in the running to take on a4e after sale put forward Newcastle College Group (NCG) could be in line to take over troubled welfare-to-work provider A4e, FE Week can reveal…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 803 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
