News Police scouring funding agencies’ reports on Barnfield Federation Reports on the under-fire Barnfield Federation by government funding agencies have been passed onto police. Officers in Hertfordshire are… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News York College fined £175k over nursery death of three-year-old Lydia Bishop York College has been fined £175,000 over the death of a three-year-old girl who got her neck caught in… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Watchdog promises to ‘fundamentally re-design’ quals appeal system Ofqual has announced plans to overhaul the A-level appeals system in England, dubbing it “overly complex” and “opaque” in… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal of inadequate Greater Manchester college to ‘work from home’ The principal of a Greater Manchester college is to take early retirement after it dropped from outstanding to inadequate in… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister Matthew Hancock greeted by protest at Question Time college A controversial funding rate cut for 18-year-olds was the subject of a lively protest and crunch talks when Skills… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Heseltine tells fellow Lords of doubts over EU powers to curb youth unemployment Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has expressed doubts over the ability of the European Union (EU) to help solve the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Coffey issues warning to government on college and Lep relationship The man in charge of England’s college inspections has called for “oversight” of the relationship between colleges and local… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dame Jackie Fisher returns to FE front line at under fire Barnfield Federation Under fire Barnfield Federation has announced that Dame Jackie Fisher (pictured) is to become its new interim chief executive…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News More than 30 expert advisers announced at the Education and Training Foundation The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has unveiled the make-up of three expert panels with the announcement of more… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New MPs’ investigation into adult literacy and numeracy under way Adult literacy and numeracy levels in England came under the spotlight of select committee MPs for the first time this… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News An in-depth look at the Skills Funding Statement as 19 pc ASB cut attacked Plans to cut almost a fifth of the Adult Skills Budget have been savaged by organisations across the FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News UCU rules out FE college strikes – for now The University and Colleges Union has ruled out further strike action in FE colleges in the near future, despite… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 802 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
