News An in-depth look at the Skills Funding Statement as 19 pc ASB cut attacked Plans to cut almost a fifth of the Adult Skills Budget have been savaged by organisations across the FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News UCU rules out FE college strikes – for now The University and Colleges Union has ruled out further strike action in FE colleges in the near future, despite… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Adult Skills Budget in line for 19 per cent funding cut The government’s Adult Skills Budget is facing a cut of 19 per cent by 2016, the long-awaited Skills Funding… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News WorldSkills competitions open as learners fight for spot on plane to Abu Dhabi Apprentices and learners are being urged to put their skills to the test and fight for a spot on… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Funding Agency chief defends shock qualifications cull Skills Funding Agency chief executive Barbara Spicer has spoken out to defend a shock public funding cut for adult… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sixth form college strikes put back a month National sixth form college strikes planned for next week have been put back a month. Members of the National… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Looking at inspections from the ‘other side of the fence’ It’s one thing being inspected by Ofsted — and feeling aggrieved by the process or outcome — but it’s… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News No FE question time on Question Time Further education figures were left disappointed by a lack of sector talk as Skills Minister Matthew Hancock and Professor… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Jobcentres steer teens away from traineeships Jobcentre Plus (JCP) advisers have been told not to direct 18 and 19-year-olds to the government’s flagship traineeship scheme… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Still no end in sight to SFA software nightmare There remains no end in sight to the problems faced by providers trying to use new funding software to… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Boss speaks out over payments ‘dispute’ The managing director of a London-based independent learning provider has defended his firm after details of an alleged subcontractor… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Gove attacked over excellent ‘extra-curricular’ claims Funding for “expensive and untested” free schools should be used to improve extra-curricular activities at existing institutions, Sixth Form… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 811 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
