News Niace proposes £100m ‘advancement service’ for low-paid workers – with poll The government should top-slice from skills and careers budgets to pay for coaches to help people out of low-paid… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News MPs write to Nicky Morgan over sixth form colleges VAT exemption More than 70 MPs have written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan calling for sixth form colleges to be exempted… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Less than a quarter of quals win appeal against SFA cull Less than one-in-four qualifications listed as in danger of the public funding axe last year have survived the latest… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Traineeship action call as ‘up to 40 pc’ say no to delivery Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge has called for government action to boost traineeships after official figures showed take-up among… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fracking vote ‘won’t affect’ National college plans Leaders of the new National College for Onshore Oil and Gas have played down the possibility of a local… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Learners and staff among creditors £800k out of pocket by Bright demise Learners, staff and other creditors are expected to be left around £800k out of pocket with the demise of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College told to give up inadequate-rated academy An FE college in Suffolk has been ordered to hand over its 11 to 16 academy to new sponsors… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Financial difficulties at ‘50 colleges’ Around 50 colleges could be in serious financial difficulty due to a “perfect storm” of capital debt and 16… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fraudsters outwitted in £5.8m new build banking scam Police are hunting fraudsters who tried to rip off an Essex college by pretending be behind work on its… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Devil in the detail’ warning on Ofsted’s new CIF Ofsted has been warned that the “devil will be in the detail” when it applies a new common inspection… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fetl focus on third sector challenges The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) has handed fellowship grants, worth up to £40,000 each, to four senior… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News President Atkins reveals concern over falling performance Association of Colleges (AoC) president Richard Atkins has told of his concern at in depth research by FE Week… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 803 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