News HMRC backs SFA on Trailblazer VAT Trailblazer employers will not have to shell out tax on cash rewards for taking on apprentices, it has been… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Planning victory over crossing Dudley College has won a planning battle to secure a pedestrian crossing after fears for learner safety. The Midland… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New Bubbles’s Learning Revolution conference Creative teaching and the role of research were discussed at the New Bubbles Learning Revolution Conference, which also saw… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Roll on the General Election Apprenticeships were on the agenda as David Cameron hit the campaign trail in West Yorkshire on Thursday (April 9)…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Spring awards see college learners’ efforts praised [slideshow_deploy id=’34316′] College learners received the red carpet treatment as their outstanding achievements were celebrated at the FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Threefold increase in £200k-plus principal posts The number of colleges paying out upwards of £200k on their principal posts rocketed threefold last academic year, FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Labour plan face-to-face careers advice for all teenagers to include ‘high quality apprenticeship’ guidance Sector leaders have welcomed Labour plans announced today to give every teenager face-to-face careers advice — including guidance on… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Slapped wrists for Ucas after breach of electronic marketing rules by ‘wrongly’ signing college learners up for advertising Learners who used the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) to apply for higher education courses at FE colleges… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Provider hit with grade four rating after just one apprenticeship achievement in two years An independent learning provider that has seen just one learner achieve an apprenticeship since it started running the programme almost… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News SFA relaxes traineeship subcontractor rules while DWP ‘increases access’ for young JSA claimants The Skills Funding Agency has relaxed its rules on new traineeship subcontracting to allow all grade three-rated and non-inspected… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New toolkit launched to help FE providers comply with rules on radicalisation A toolkit aimed at helping colleges and independent learning providers comply with new government rules on preventing radicalisation has been… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges defend subcontracting agreements with ‘cult’ school chain Two FE colleges have defended their dealings with a religious school chain denounced as a “cult” by former members and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 812 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4d Jessica Hill 4d Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
