News Provider staff admit ripping off taxpayers The boss of A4e has spoken of his disappointment at four former employers after they admitted ripping off taxpayers… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Loans process ‘putting off learners’ Fears have been raised that a lengthy application process for FE loans could be putting people off starting courses…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hayes in FE ‘comeback’ after year out Former Skills Minister John Hayes has called for more to be done to improve careers advice for young people… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News £20m scheme to recruit 500 extra maths teachers for FE sector unveiled Graduate maths teachers who choose to teach in FE colleges will get a bonus of up to £10,000 under… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Survey shows employers can’t fill 22pc of vacancies Nearly a quarter of vacancies in the UK have gone unfilled because of a shortage of much-needed skills, a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Fraction of FE loans paid out for apprenticeships Just a fraction of the 25,200 FE loans taken out between August and October last year were for apprenticeships,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Shock funding cut for 1,500 adult quals As many as 1,500 qualifications face the public funding axe as the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) looks to introduce… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Concerns over nuclear college plans Plans for a new college to train nuclear power plant workers have sparked concerns among colleges who had been… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Software problems ‘distorting’ key FE and skills statistics Key information designed to “hold the government to account over delivery of policy” has been corrupted by ongoing problems… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Ex-Cabinet Secretaries wade in on 18-year-old funding cut debate Two former education and skills secretaries joined the charge against a controversial funding cut for 18-year-old learners as Skills… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Former provider staff due in court on host of fraud charges More than a dozen former employees of welfare to work provider A4e are due to appear in court charged… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Worries at AELP over HMRC funding proposal The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has raised concerns over the government’s proposals to direct funding for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 802 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
