News Funding cut in pipeline for full-time 18-year-olds as Spending Review bites The Education Funding Agency has announced plans to save £150m by paying 17.5 per cent less for the full-time… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Employers failing the Ofsted challenge — are they fit to take over skills agenda? The move towards greater employer involvement in FE and skills is gaining momentum. But with employer providers having come… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Exempted — trainees freed from Job Seeker’s Allowance 16-hour rule Traineeships are to be exempted from a benefits rule that was “compromising” the programme. The Department for Work and… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Confirmed — employers will take ownership of apprenticeships in a new HMRC funding system Apprenticeship funding will be redirected from providers to employers — but they will have to make a “significant” cash… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Stress rockets as SFA software fails Further education data staff have spoken out about the stress and extra work caused by continued problems with Skills… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Warning of more strikes over pay More pay strikes could be set to hit colleges following industrial action on Tuesday (December 3), the University and… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News All-age apprenticeships in first full-year drop since 2005 The number of apprenticeship starts in England has fallen for the first time in seven years, according to new… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Wheels come off Kwik Fit traineeships Kwik Fit has stopped running its controversial traineeship programme after Ofsted inspectors said it was no longer an outstanding… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Osborne looks to tax credits and mandatory employer cash contributions for apprenticeships Chancellor George Osborne confirmed the government will introduce an HMRC-based funding system alongside a mandatory employer cash contribution for apprenticeships through… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Traineeships exempted from 16-hour benefits rule The government is to allow job seeker’s allowance (JSA) claimants to do more than 16 hours’ study a-week as… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE Week Charity Auction UPDATE: Due to our website being down for over 48 hours, towards the end of this auction, we have… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News National Skills Academy Logistics goes into liquidation after SFA cancels funding The National Skills Academy Logistics (NSAL) has been put into liquidation after its financial support was pulled by the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 811 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
