News Certificate conman gets 80 hours’ unpaid work An online conman who sold fake City & Guilds and OCR certificates from his Darlington cul-de-sac home has been… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UPDATED: Indefinite strike woes set to hit for second time in a year UPDATE – Monday, January 19, 2015 A drawn-out strike could be averted and one of the most long running… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Internet block on LGBT websites ‘sends out wrong message’ A Midland college has been warned its internet software was sending out the “wrong message” after it blocked learners… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE colleges get £700k windfall for higher ed collaboration More than £700,000 will be handed shared among 74 FE colleges to encourage young people to progress into higher… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Local authority one of just three to win a glowing Ofsted report A Midland council is celebrating after its adult education provision was rated outstanding across the board by Ofsted. Wolverhampton… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Finance directors targeted in scam College finance directors have been targeted in a bailiff scam involving a chilling “long series” of phonecalls with the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship reforms ‘not in long grass’ — Boles Skills Minister Nick Boles denied apprenticeship reforms had been “kicked into the long grass” after the government went back… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Cameron hits the roof The Prime Minister reached new heights when he visited a Nottingham provider to find out more about apprenticeships, writes… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA apologises for shock clawback warning that caused ‘sleepless nights’ for provider staff Skills Funding Agency (SFA) director Keith Smith (pictured) has apologised to providers about a shock clawback warning that caused “sleepless… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News A4e staff ripped off DWP welfare-to-work scheme with false clients and forged paper trails Four A4e workers forged paperwork to make fraudulent claims against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) welfare-to-work scheme,… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Apprenticeship reform proposals were ‘half-cocked,’ Skills Minister Nick Boles tells MPs Skills Minister Nick Boles has told the House of Commons Education Select Committee that the government had “gone off half-cock” [sic]… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship funding question remains unanswered as government consults further on PAYE and credit account The future of apprenticeship funding remains unclear despite the government this morning responding to the results of a three-month… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 803 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
