News UCU and AoC continue pay talks A pay deal for college staff is yet to be agreed for the next academic year. The University and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Grade four LeSoCo gets new Ofsted blow A large London college has been criticised in a follow-up report on its inadequate Oftsed rating. LeSoCo, a 17,000-learner… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Free meal guidelines issued by Education Funding Agency Colleges will get £2.41 for every free meal served to a disadvantaged learner under a new system coming into… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Accounting most popular for FE loans Qualifications in accounting and youth work have proved the most popular for students taking out 24+ advanced learner loans,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hancock hits back over FE funding cuts Skills Minister Matthew Hancock (pictured above) has hit back at criticism of government cuts, claiming it was “misleading” to say… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentice funding plans rejected in consultation The full results of the government’s apprenticeship funding consultation last year have been released for the first time —… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Indy wins college plan go ahead An Essex-based independent learning provider is one step closer to opening the first new FE college in 20 years… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Sharp rise in degree starts at FE colleges, HEFCE report shows The number of students starting degree courses at further education colleges in England has risen by almost 60 per… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Schools to be forced to tell learners about FE and skills options Schools will be forced to tell learners about vocational study and apprenticeship options by law after the government published… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former chair Hughes calls for equality and diversity action at ETF Former Education and Training Foundation (ETF) chair and board member David Hughes has called for more to be done… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News NUS’s first FE president Toni Pearce wins second term Toni Pearce, the first president of the National Union 0f Students (NUS) from a further education background, has been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Exclusive: Agency clears Elmfield Training of falsely claiming for learners on Morrisons apprentice scheme in a two page report following a six month investigation A Skills Funding Agency (SFA) investigation has ruled that defunct training provider Elmfield did not receive funding it was… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 816 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
