News FE college UTC heads out of special measures A University Technical College (UTC) which had to be rescued by its local FE college after a damning Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Back to the drawing board on merger as financial rescue plan rejected A Hampshire sixth form college has had to go back to the drawing board in its search for a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Skills Minister admits ‘no plans to promote new SFCs’ Skills Minister Nick Boles told the House of Commons the government has no intention of “promoting the establishment” of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship week keenness at Milton Keynes Staff at Milton Keynes College were among thousands of sector workers up and down the country to have set… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lords celebration for foundation learners The success of nearly 90 learners helped by the Helena Kennedy Foundation to overcome a variety of obstacles was… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Complete the overhaul of apprenticeships, small businesses group tells parties A challenge to complete the “overhaul” of apprenticeships is being put to the next government, as National Apprenticeship Week… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Develop ‘world class apprenticeships’ to tackle global productivity shortfall, report urges World class apprenticeships should be developed to solve a “productivity shortfall”, the International Skills Standards Organisation (INSSO) has claimed…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused on numbers over quality, commissioner finds Hartlepool Sixth Form College focused too much on getting students through the doors and not of the quality of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News A4E up for sale Welfare-to-work provider A4E, which in January saw several employees found guilty of fraud, has been put up for sale…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Clegg marks National Apprenticeship Week Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called on young people and employers to “get an apprenticeship” ahead of National… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College governance challenge set to ‘intensify’ with 24 pc funding cut warns union as BIS concedes spending reductions’ ‘profound’ effect on boards Next academic year’s 24 per cent FE funding cut will “intensify” the challenges faced by college governors, the University… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Local government thinktank’s ‘Heseltine-plus’ report calls for ‘abolition of the SFA’ and acknowledges FE representation on Lep boards an ‘urgent issue’ The abolition of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) within just over a year has been proposed by a local… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 803 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
