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 News Principal ‘devastated’ by girl’s nursery death The principal of a Yorkshire college said she had been “devastated” by the death of a three-year-old girl who… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Euro funding could be better spent locally — DWP official European funding for tackling youth unemployment could have been better spent at local level, a Department for Work and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Provider staff admit ripping off taxpayers The boss of A4e has spoken of his disappointment at four former employers after they admitted ripping off taxpayers… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Loans process ‘putting off learners’ Fears have been raised that a lengthy application process for FE loans could be putting people off starting courses…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hayes in FE ‘comeback’ after year out Former Skills Minister John Hayes has called for more to be done to improve careers advice for young people… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News £20m scheme to recruit 500 extra maths teachers for FE sector unveiled Graduate maths teachers who choose to teach in FE colleges will get a bonus of up to £10,000 under… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Survey shows employers can’t fill 22pc of vacancies Nearly a quarter of vacancies in the UK have gone unfilled because of a shortage of much-needed skills, a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 816 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
