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 News Ofsted annual report Q&A with Matthew Coffey The Ofsted director of FE and skills spoke with FE Week deputy editor at the launch of the education… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Cut to 18-year-old funding rate branded ‘dangerous’ Providers stand to have a huge hole blown in their finances after the government announced it would slash the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Progress update for the ETF at the end of 2013 The Education and Training Foundation will be celebrating its first Christmas in the coming weeks. Rebecca Cooney looks back… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Agency probe looms over troubled college The Skills Funding Agency is poised to investigate as it awaits the results of a Newham College investigation into… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ex-international footballer barred over apprenticeship claims A former Welsh international footballer is one of four men to have been disqualified from being company directors after… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Awarding organisations withdraw from group membership body Six of the country’s biggest awarding bodies have withdrawn from the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB). City & Guilds,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Four more accused in new A4e Aspire to Inspire fraud allegations Four more people have been charged over fraud allegations at welfare-to-work provider A4e. It brings the total number of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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
