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 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 Newer 1 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 811 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
