News Government publishes its ‘radical and far-reaching’ apprenticeship plan The government has this morning confirmed in a newly-published implementation plan that it would put apprenticeship design in England in the hands… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Fresh concerns raised over Barnfield College Teaching unions have raised further concerns about the governance and management of a troubled college which is being investigated by the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Association of Colleges calls for action on funding software The Association of Colleges’ boss has written to the Skills Funding Agency expressing concerns over software funding delays and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New course will prepare FE lecturers to teach GCSE English A new training course is set to be launched to prepare FE lecturers for a massive expansion in students… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Elmfield to ‘take steps to put the company into administration’ Elmfield Training has confirmed that its “directors have taken steps to protect the company through an administration process”. In… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Fury at SFA funding software delays Funding software delays at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) sparked fury in the FE sector. A delay in supplying… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Shadow Skills Minister quizzes government on apprenticeship drop Newly appointed Shadow Skills Minister Liam Bryne quizzed his opposite number Matthew Hancock over the drop in 16 to… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News SFA funding software delay as provider data deadline looms Providers will have just eight working days to check and correct their 2013/14 academic year data as the Skills… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Foundation invites bids to support traineeship delivery The Education and Training Foundation has called for organisations to bid to develop support programmes for providers delivering traineeships…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Education certificates firm accused of corrupt payments in Africa An Eastbourne-based firm that prints qualification certificates is facing allegations of corrupt payments made in Africa. Smith & Ouzman… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College hit with ‘poor financial management’ claim An allegation of poor financial management at a Bedfordshire college, along with concerns about “extensive” staff restructuring and redundancies, has been… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College under SFA and DfE investigation A Bedfordshire college is under investigation by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and the Department for Education (DfE) following… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 806 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
