News Stamps and envelopes in Hub meltdown plan The emergency plan that the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) would set in motion if its online data collection system… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News NCG in the running to take on a4e after sale put forward Newcastle College Group (NCG) could be in line to take over troubled welfare-to-work provider A4e, FE Week can reveal…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Funding pulled from construction apprenticeships London-based construction training charity Building Lives claims 180 people currently on pre-employment training schemes face missing out on starting… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Traineeship financial incentive proposal rejected by government The government has rejected an employer and provider suggested proposal that traineeship learners should be offered a financial incentive… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Two colleges win school approvals from dfe as third prepares new plan Two colleges have been granted permission to open their own free schools in the latest wave of 49 free… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Finance key concern for commissioner reports Finance problems figured prominently in the two latest college inspection reports from FE Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured above left)…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Council told to drop skills offer The FE Commissioner has recommended that Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL) should offload its skills programmes after he was sent… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Chancellor told ‘no scope’ for more FE funding cuts The Association of Colleges (AoC) has told Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) there is “no scope” for further reductions to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Same time next year? The inaugural FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference went with such a bang, how could we not do it again… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Funding agency dishes out extra cash for improvement strategy The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has promised extra cash to support a struggling college’s improvement strategy, following a visit… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government identifies ‘potential risks’ for Trailblazer programme A government report on the apprentice Trailblazers has identified the emergence of “potential risks … that require national attention… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Report calls for FE inspection shift towards ‘self-regulation’ An Association of Colleges (AoC) report has called for “radical reforms” to the way FE provision is inspected, saying… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 816 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
