News Leading London college tumbles to inadequate One of London’s largest FE colleges, and a former outstanding one, has crashed to a grade four Ofsted rating…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cash queries over maths qual The government unveiled plans for a new level three qualification to keep young people studying maths until 18, but… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Providers underpaid on ASB by £61.8m Just over half of all providers in England were not paid for all the work they carried out last… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hancock faces MPs’ wrath over DfE cut Members of the Education Select Committee could probe controversial government plans to cut funding for full-time education for 18-year-olds…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Huge under-delivery on 16 to 18 apprenticeships More than 520 providers under-delivered on their August 2012 16 to 18 apprenticeship allocations by a total of £241.5m…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Action on minimum wage ‘ridiculously late’ The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has acted to ensure all jobs on its vacancy matching website conform to the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Tribute to adult learning champion Chris Taylor who has died, aged 60 The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has paid tribute to an award-winning former employee and “passionate supporter… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Older ‘apprenticeships’ warning for Skills Minister Matthew Hancock Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has been warned against promoting apprenticeships for over 50s along the same lines as those for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Newham College principal Denise Brown-Sackey quits after series of allegations Newham College principal Denise Brown-Sackey has quit after a series of damaging allegations relating to the London college. She… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New Year, new hopes as sector faces up to funding cuts, reforms and the General Election countdown FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner strips second principal of powers The FE Commissioner has slapped a second grade four college with administered status as an Ofsted monitoring report blasted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Agency gets tough with new rules on bosses The Skills Funding Agency has beefed-up funding rules to stop rogue bosses setting up new providers to get their… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 802 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
