News Bank of BIS launches emergency college loans General FE colleges turned away by the banks and facing financial meltdown have been thrown a possible lifeline with… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News BIS plan to cut £300m FE and skills red tape shaves just 2 pc off costs for providers, audit office finds A government plan to reduce £300m of FE and skill bureaucracy has come under fire from Public Accounts Committee… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 Newer 1 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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
