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 News Hub breaks down on ILR data deadline day Providers trying to submit information for the first individualised learner record (ILR) return of the academic year faced software… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Failure warning as ‘less than half’ of traineeship providers deliver starts The Department for Education (DfE) has “failed” to manage providers operating its traineeship programme, a senior MP has claimed…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Leps need more responsibility and funding to deliver on digital skills, adult education chief tells Lords Local enterprise partnerships (Leps) should be given more responsibility and funding to point learners in the direction of opportunities… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Teen apprenticeship numbers could be hit by making employers pay, National Audit Office warns Government plans to make employers pay for up to a third of the training for 16 to 18 apprenticeships… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Police investigate after college website hacked to promote Islamic militants A college website inadvertently gave its support to the militant group Islamic State (ISIS) after it was hacked, prompting… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New awarding body steps in to certificate 500 of the more than 30,000 paying learners left stranded A troubled provider which has been struggling to get courses certificated has been approved by a new awarding body… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges to step in as school plans to scrap its sixth form provision Local colleges are ready to take on A-level students from a school sixth form set to close because of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News The north continues to dominate as DfE release names of colleges that can recruit full-time 14 to 15-year-olds A further nine colleges have been given permission to recruit full-time 14 to 15-year-olds this September, the second year… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister speaks at ceremony launching first new FE college for over 20 years Skills Minister Nick Boles visited Essex to mark the “milestone” transformation of Prospects Learning Foundation in to the first… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 806 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
