News End in sight for K College sale saga The sale of troubled K College looks to be over with the announcement of two “preferred providers”. Land-based Hadlow… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News McDonald’s education chief to become SFA’s apprenticeship boss The UK head of education for fast food giant McDonald’s is set to become England’s new apprenticeship boss, FE… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Traineeships to escape DWP’s 16-hour rule from early next month A Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) exemption for traineeships that was promised last year by Chancellor George Osborne is to come… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y 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 Newer 1 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 811 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
