News Countdown to end of apprentice loans continues No date has been given for the abolition of adult apprenticeship loans, despite Business Secretary Vince Cable’s (pictured left)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Agency rule change allows grade three providers to keep taking on trainees Providers that drop to a grade three Ofsted rating will be allowed to keep taking on new trainees under… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Chancellor Osborne buries hopes of college VAT refund Hopes of a VAT refund for colleges look to have finally ended with Education Secretary Michael Gove admitting his… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Nothing like a damehood for Asha West Nottinghamshire College principal Asha Khemka (pictured) tops the FE and skills sector’s representation on the New Year Honours… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News FE Week most read news in 2013 FE Week is a printed newspaper and every edition (along with supplements) is sent to subscribers. If you do… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Tributes to late union leader and college lecturer John McCormack Warm tributes have been paid to University and College Union (UCU) vice president John McCormack, who died on Friday… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Loans company awaiting orders to stop processing ‘dropped’ 24+ apprenticeship applications The Student Loans Company is continuing to process FE loans for apprenticeships while it awaits government orders that the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Delay hopes raised on ‘painful’ funding cut for 18-year-olds’ education A “painful” funding cut to 18-year-olds’ full-time education that drew cross-FE sector opposition could be delayed. Education Secretary Michael Gove… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Business Secretary Vince Cable confirms ‘dropping’ of apprenticeship FE loans Business Secretary Vince Cable has exclusively confirmed to FE Week that the government is “dropping” the troubled 24+ advanced… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Government reveals first round of ‘practical A-levels’ with 142 Tech-levels The first tranche of business-backed Tech-levels to be counted in new-look 16 to 19 performance tables has been announced…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News First FE Commissioner job results in administered status for K College after Ofsted inadequate grade Troubled K College has been put into administered status after becoming the first college to come under scrutiny from… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Optimism in Ofsted report comes with warning of providers not meeting local economy needs Local employer needs are not being met by the FE and skills sector, according to this year’s Ofsted annual… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 802 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
