News MPs hear young apprenticeship programme comeback call Apprenticeships for 14 to 16-year-olds should make a comeback, sector experts have told MPs. All eight witnesses appearing before… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former learners compete for champion title One of these three former learners will be crowned apprentice champion of the year at the Skills Show in… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Strode scores outstanding clean sweep A Somerset college has scored a clean sweep of outstanding headline ratings in a glowing Ofsted report. Strode College,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News DfE borrowing move ‘unfair’ — SFCA The Department for Education (DfE) has defended its continued refusal to exempt sixth form colleges from VAT after a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges team up with uni to produce legal offer New vocational routes into the legal profession have been opened up after a partnership between FE colleges and a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Police on campus after bomb accused in court The principal of a college at the centre of an alleged bomb plot has sought to reassure staff and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Concern over college bonus despite ‘flaws’ An influential MP has complained that Newcastle College Group (NCG) could still receive government bonus payments despite being set… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Workload fears for new SFA boss Concern has been raised about the workload of Education Funding Agency (SFA) chief executive Peter Lauener after the same… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News HMRC tax apprentices — no ICT skills necessary Computer skills are “not relevant” for tax apprentices enrolling on a new framework at Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College follows commissioner’s first merger advice The first of three colleges that FE Commissioner Dr David Collins suggested would struggle to maintain their long-term independence… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Agency review puts 1,600 quals in the funding firing line Public funding for nearly 700 adult qualifications is to be axed while a further 972 are also at risk… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Local authorities losing Neets track say MPs Participation in education, employment and training among 16, 17 and 18-year-olds will not improve unless the government tackles problems… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 806 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
