News Supporting part-time teachers The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) has handed fellowship grants, worth up to £40,000-each, to four senior figures… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted halving number of FE reports per year Ofsted has announced plans to halve the number of times it publishes official FE statistics to two a year… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Outstanding London provider achieves top marks across the board from Ofsted East London Advanced Technology Training (ELATT) has scored top marks across the board to secure a grade one rating… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Unionlearn rejects Labour apprenticeship policy as AELP looks five years ahead Labour proposals to abolish level two apprenticeships were rejected by Unionlearn at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Report calls for apprenticeships to be ‘re-made’ to meet new outcomes Apprenticeships should be “re-made” to give learners expertise, resourcefulness, craftsmanship, business-like attitudes and wider skills for growth, according to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges ‘not meeting employer needs’ on digital skills, Lords warn Further education colleges are failing to meet employer needs when it comes to digital skills, an influential group of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Niace sets out demands for FE in budget submission The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has demanded that the next budget tackle the “crisis” facing adult skills… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ed Miliband to pledge ‘apprenticeship guarantee’ to deliver 80,000 extra annual starts by 2020 An “apprenticeship guarantee” will create 80,000 more starts a year by 2020 if Labour forms a government in May,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College is prepared to take on learners after academy trust drops plans for school sixth form The principal of an FE college is planning to take-on students left stranded after an academy trust dropped plans… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Singing FE lecturer shortlisted for $1m best teacher in world prize A singing science lecturer from Middlesbrough College is in the running for a $1m first-prize after making the top… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Miliband announces that Labour would protect 16 to 19 funding A Labour government would protect 16 to 19 education as part of plans to protect the entire Department for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Miliband to stand by Labour’s controversial plans to scrap apprenticeships below level three Labour leader Ed Miliband is set to stand by his party’s controversial pledge to scrap apprenticeships of less than two… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 803 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
