News Hopes for end to confusion over official apprenticeship hunt websites Concerns that two official internet search engines for apprenticeships were causing confusion among potential applicants are expected to be… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News NCFE and LifeSkills get Sunday Times Top 100 recognition An awarding organisation and training company are celebrating after being recognised among the best places to work according to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Education ringfence meant 16 to 18 providers ‘missed out on £1.2bn’ since 2010 An extra £1.2bn could have been dished out to 16 to 18 providers since 2010 if the government’s education… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News FE colleges set for £61m for higher education next year General FE and sixth form colleges will receive £61m from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) for… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News More colleges must pass the FE Commissioner test before guidance on ending his intervention, says BIS Principals will have to wait for more struggling colleges to emerge successfully from the FE Commissioner process before the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Ofqual launches consultation on life after QCF Ofqual is asking for views on its plans to replace the Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF), which is due to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ETF English and maths review finds Functional Skills ‘not broken’ The system of Functional Skills qualifications is “not broken, but could be improved,” according to the Education and Training… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government cuts could ‘decimate’ adult education by 2020, AoC warns Continued cuts to the adult skills budget risk wiping out adult education and training in England within five years,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New vocational research centre ‘won’t clash’ with Education and Training Foundation The government has outlined how its sees the role of a new Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) as different to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Loans plan on hold for review of ‘overall funding for skills provision’ Government plans to extend the reach of the FE loans system have been put on hold pending a review… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Government consultation on future of FE provides opportunity for more funding questions A wide-ranging government consultation on the future of FE that launched today has prompted sector calls for a rethink… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Inadequate-rated college follows through on FE Commissioner’s merger advice — leaving nearly 100 jobs in the balance Norton Radstock College’s proposed merger with City of Bath College will be made official next month in a move that… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 816 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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