News Challenges and opportunities for colleges Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel takes time out of his busy conference preparation schedule to tell FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Last piece of Elmfield sold off to NCG The last piece of troubled provider Elmfield has been sold off after the company went into administration last month…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Information Authority board scrapped by BIS The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has scrapped the Information Authority (IA) board. It was announced on… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Stepping stone qualifications not ruled out by government The government has declined to rule out a new GCSE “stepping stone” qualification for struggling apprentices. The Department for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Miliband risks wrath of employers over apprenticeships Labour leader Ed Miliband said he was prepared to risk falling out with employers by forcing them to hire… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lack of progress on ‘bullying’ A Peterborough-based provider made “insufficient progress” in protecting the welfare of its learners and preventing bullying and abuse, Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Arbitration judge clears ‘ruined’ provider over fraud allegations A Berkshire provider left in ruins after the Skills Funding Agency terminated its contract amid allegations of fraud has… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ETF hands back £7m The Education and Training Foundation was heading for a £7m underspend this financial year, FE Week can exclusively reveal…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Powerful new FE Commissioner announced A former principal and ex-president of the Association of Colleges has been appointed as the government’s first FE Commissioner…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Miliband meets college apprentices after launching digital skills taskforce Labour leader Ed Miliband gave his personal seal of approval to a new creative and digital media… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News FE Week and Me finalists 2013 A judging panel made up of representatives from FE Week, NCFE and the Royal Photographic Society had the unenviable… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hawk swoops for a grade one The 14-month wait for an outstanding independent learning provider (ILP) under Ofsted’s current common inspection framework is over. The… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 806 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 1w Billy Camden 1w 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
