News National Careers Council calls for investment fund, better website and subsidies but covers old ground amid ‘insufficient careers progress’ A careers investment fund, an improved National Careers Service (NCS) website and free or subsidised access to advice are… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Councils failing to track learners’ status, Ofsted director to claim Councils are failing to track the status of learners in FE colleges and other training providers, a senior Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Improvement plan ‘not fit for purpose’ at grade four-rated Central Bedfordshire UTC Ofsted inspectors have branded the improvement action plan of an inadequate-rated university technical college (UTC) as “not fit for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Departmental collaboration and high-profile campaign needed to address adult literacy and numeracy issue, say MPs Greater co-operation across several government departments, a review of funding and a high profile national campaign were among a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sector responds to MPs’ adult numeracy and literacy report Key figures from across the FE and skills sector have been poring over the adult numeracy and literacy report by… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sector bodies have their say on government plans Officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are currently sifting through the results of FE and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Could a learner have committed militant hacking? Police investigating the hacking of a college website which resulted in it “supporting” the militant group Islamic State (ISIS)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Don’t spend Bursary Fund cash on FE free meals top-up’ — DfE Officials at the Department for Education (DfE) have told providers they can’t top up FE free meals allocations with… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA’s £30.4m grant clears K College advances debt Debts at the defunct K College were cleared after the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) dished out a £30.4m grant,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News No tracking of traineeship job outcomes The government has admitted it did not ask providers to keep a record of whether traineeships resulted in learners… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News DfE gives colleges school data access to remove young learners’ hurdle A major stumbling block holding up colleges looking to take on 14 and 15-year-old learners has been addressed by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Leadership thinktank launches £50K future-gazing fellowships A new FE leadership thinktank set up by former Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) chair Dame Ruth Silver… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 803 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
