News Funding pulled from construction apprenticeships London-based construction training charity Building Lives claims 180 people currently on pre-employment training schemes face missing out on starting… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Traineeship financial incentive proposal rejected by government The government has rejected an employer and provider suggested proposal that traineeship learners should be offered a financial incentive… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Two colleges win school approvals from dfe as third prepares new plan Two colleges have been granted permission to open their own free schools in the latest wave of 49 free… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Finance key concern for commissioner reports Finance problems figured prominently in the two latest college inspection reports from FE Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured above left)…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Council told to drop skills offer The FE Commissioner has recommended that Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL) should offload its skills programmes after he was sent… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Chancellor told ‘no scope’ for more FE funding cuts The Association of Colleges (AoC) has told Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) there is “no scope” for further reductions to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Same time next year? The inaugural FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference went with such a bang, how could we not do it again… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Funding agency dishes out extra cash for improvement strategy The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has promised extra cash to support a struggling college’s improvement strategy, following a visit… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government identifies ‘potential risks’ for Trailblazer programme A government report on the apprentice Trailblazers has identified the emergence of “potential risks … that require national attention… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Report calls for FE inspection shift towards ‘self-regulation’ An Association of Colleges (AoC) report has called for “radical reforms” to the way FE provision is inspected, saying… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE bosses warned against ‘heroic’ leadership Senior FE figures were told to abandon the traditional “heroic” leadership model at the inaugural Fetl lecture. The speech… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New College Durham principal John Widdowson announced as next AoC president New College Durham principal John Widdowson will be the next president of the Association of Colleges (AoC), it was… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 803 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
