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 News Enthusiastic reception for family learning expansion plans The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education’s (Niace) new report calling for widespread expansion of family learning generated an… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New funding system delay has knock-on effect: sub-contractor issues wages warning over prime’s non-payment Sub-contractors are suffering devastating knock-on effects as the wait for a new Skills Funding Agency (SFA) payment system continues,… FE Week 12y FE Week 12y News Our Mann’s impressed with Nottinghamshire college Laying bricks, an afternoon jam with talented music students and a relaxing manicure were just some of the activities… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 811 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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
