News Leading London college tumbles to inadequate One of London’s largest FE colleges, and a former outstanding one, has crashed to a grade four Ofsted rating…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Cash queries over maths qual The government unveiled plans for a new level three qualification to keep young people studying maths until 18, but… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Providers underpaid on ASB by £61.8m Just over half of all providers in England were not paid for all the work they carried out last… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hancock faces MPs’ wrath over DfE cut Members of the Education Select Committee could probe controversial government plans to cut funding for full-time education for 18-year-olds…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Huge under-delivery on 16 to 18 apprenticeships More than 520 providers under-delivered on their August 2012 16 to 18 apprenticeship allocations by a total of £241.5m…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Action on minimum wage ‘ridiculously late’ The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has acted to ensure all jobs on its vacancy matching website conform to the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Tribute to adult learning champion Chris Taylor who has died, aged 60 The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has paid tribute to an award-winning former employee and “passionate supporter… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Older ‘apprenticeships’ warning for Skills Minister Matthew Hancock Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has been warned against promoting apprenticeships for over 50s along the same lines as those for… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Newham College principal Denise Brown-Sackey quits after series of allegations Newham College principal Denise Brown-Sackey has quit after a series of damaging allegations relating to the London college. She… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New Year, new hopes as sector faces up to funding cuts, reforms and the General Election countdown FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Commissioner strips second principal of powers The FE Commissioner has slapped a second grade four college with administered status as an Ofsted monitoring report blasted… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Agency gets tough with new rules on bosses The Skills Funding Agency has beefed-up funding rules to stop rogue bosses setting up new providers to get their… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 819 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