News Free school meal pay-outs leave colleges feeling short-changed Colleges claim they have been left short-changed after learning how much money they will receive to pay for the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former BIS chief in governance warning The former head of skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) has warned that entrepreneurial… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Providers in dark about job status of learners More than half of providers are failing to meet targets for collecting data about the employment status of their… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Learner lie-ins as college trials 10am starts Fancy a 10am start at work? Most would, and that’s what learners at North East Surrey College of Technology… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bright storm continues as Highfield hits back An awarding organisation has hit back at claims by Bright Assessing chief executive Krissy Charles-Jones about its qualifications. She… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New alliance aims to help colleges recruit better governors A new organisation has been launched today to encourage high-calibre and skilled people to join college governing bodies. The… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News LeSoCo principal Maxine Room to stand down The principal of LeSoCo in south east London is to stand down at the end of the academic year,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Governors get three-point college improvement plan College governors have been given a three-point improvement plan in a joint 157 Group and Ofsted report on good practice… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Employers call for apprenticeship control — but what did key FE players think? More than 30 employer bodies joined forces to call for greater control over apprenticeships just days after a technical… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Success rates change makes system ‘overly complex’ A college principal has hit out at proposed changes to the way the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) reports and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Top DfE civil servant makes IAG concession There remains “more to be done” to improve careers advice and guidance in England, the Department for Education’s most… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Schools cash ringfence ‘unsustainable’ warns AoC Department for Education (DfE) ringfencing of school funding has been labelled as “unsustainable” by the Association of Colleges (AoC)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 803 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
