News Chancellor hands employers National Insurance break for apprentices aged 24 and below and promises £20m for careers advice Chancellor George Osborne today announced that employers will no longer have to pay national insurance contributions (NIC) on apprentices aged… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Second wave of maths upskilling courses planned for FE teachers The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) will run a second wave of training courses aimed at increasing the number… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Finanacial problems ‘typical’ says principal ordered to improve The principal of a financially-troubled sixth form college ordered by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) to improve has hit… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted’s new CIF plans under three-point inspection Reading the preamble to Ofsted’s Better inspection for all consultation suggests a degree of reflection from Chief Inspector Sir… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News £142m contractor top-slicing ‘extortionate’ 40 pc The country’s biggest Skills Funding Agency (SFA) contractor is charging management fees up to an “extortionate” 40 per cent… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News AELP concerns over Labour’s apprenticeship policy The Labour Party has been urged by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) to scrap its policy… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Brave bonzo Kendal College has opened an animal rescue and rehabilitation centre staffed by tutors and learners — and one of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News MPs hear of ‘cluster’ solution to apprenticeships Colleges should form closer ties with schools to encourage more young people into apprenticeships, Ofsted FE and skills director… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘No excuses’ as Ofsted sees lack of progress in grade four recovery The principal of a troubled London college has conceded there were “no excuses” for the poor results in an… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Flexibility plea after apprenticeships fall Greater contracting flexibility at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) could help reverse the continued decline in all-age apprenticeship starts,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principal issues ‘think of learners’ plea over strike plans The principal of Lambeth College has pleaded with University and College Union (UCU) members to step back from “damaging… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Chief exec redundant with end of federation The chief executive of a two-college federation has been told his position has been made “redundant” with the break-up… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 803 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
