News Cable warns principals of bleak funding future Money for FE “will be scarce”, no matter who wins the general election, Business Secretary Vince Cable has warned…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Commissioner on collision course with Ofsted Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins has called for change at Ofsted if it is to “be more useful”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Delay with finding new London Olass provider The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) quest for a college to take on London’s £17m prison education contract is to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sector welcomes alignment plans for traineeships Government moves to align traineeship rules for 16 to 18 and 19 to 24-year-olds have been welcomed by the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Commissioner in FE funding support call The government should look at shifting schools funding to colleges as they struggle to cope with more learners re-sitting… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Outstanding across the board Two independent learning providers (ILPs), one offering IT and accountancy apprenticeships and the other training the nation’s future tennis… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Engage with colleges, Wilshaw tells employers Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw has challenged employers to engage more with colleges in an effort to bridge the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lambeth College walkout Staff at Lambeth College have voted in favour of a new walkout over employment contracts — just six months… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sector stumps up £11k for charity at conference auction More than £11,000 was raised for the Helena Kennedy Foundation at the FE Week annual charity auction. The great… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Boles in FE loans expansion hint in digital skills hearing Skills Minister Nick Boles has hinted that the FE loans system was heading for expansion — as the sector… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ETF reviews maths and English The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is to review teaching and accreditation of maths and English for learners unable… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges should lead skills gap charge Colleges need to “face up to their responsibilities” and make FE the sector one that “gets people into work,”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 803 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
