News Provider training firm goes bust after ‘downturn in bookings’ A company that provided training to organisations across England through the Excellence in Learning brand is being liquidated after… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Poor showing for FE sector in employer list Just three FE and skills institutions made it onto a list of top employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Foundation appoints ‘learner voice’ to directors board Student leader Joe Vinson has been given a seat on the director’s board of the Education and Training Foundation… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Further scrutiny after Barnfield College finance claims The FE Commissioner began scrutinising Barnfield College at the end of this week, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Inspectors get college careers advice guidance Ofsted inspectors have been issued new guidance on judging colleges’ provision of independent careers guidance. According to the education… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Minister takes ‘full responsibility’ as SFA software issues go on Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has apologised for the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) new payment software fiasco after initially seeming… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Administered college gets ‘direct’ role in sale of provision Troubled K College is back on the market — this time with its own corporation playing a greater role… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Teenage participation behind new DfE probe by audit office The Department for Education (DfE) is facing a second National Audit Office probe, with efforts to increase participation in… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Loans system ‘leads to 18 pc’ fall in learner numbers The FE loans system could lead to a drop in learner numbers of up to 18 per cent, a… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Questions over need for new HS2 rail college Government plans for the first new FE college in 20 years, to train engineers for the £50bn high speed… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Colleges hit by 18-year-old funding rate cut far worse than school sixth forms, government assessment reveals Colleges will be hit by a controversial funding rate cut for 18-year-olds far worse than school sixth forms, a much-anticipated… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Providers ‘at fault’ for new funding system fiasco says Skills Minister Matthew Hancock Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has laid the blame for the Skills Funding Agency’s new payment software fiasco on providers’ “own… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 819 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo