Adult education, Devolution WEA threatens legal action against combined authority amid grant funding row A decision to refuse to grant fund the WEA puts 70 jobs at risk Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Apprenticeships, Sponsored post Sponsored Countdown to milestone 10th Annual Apprenticeship Conference Organisers have announced keynotes from apprenticeship minister Robert Halfon MP, shadow minister Seema Malhotra MP and His Majesty’s Chief… Advertorial 1y AAC 1y WorldSkills 2024 WorldSkills: Pearson announced as official Team UK partner UK names squad for renewable energy and additive manufacturing competitions Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y BTECs, T Levels 71 courses face the axe in favour of wave 4 T Levels Popular BTECs in media and animal management to be scrapped, DfE announces Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y T Levels ‘Shock’ as ministers suddenly scrap hairdressing and barbering T Levels Hair industry employers preferred apprenticeships to the proposed T Level Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y land-based colleges, Long read Long read Inside the college sector with an educational, societal and cultural mission Their idyllic rural settings, historic buildings and strong links with local communities have enabled land-based colleges to diversify their… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Exams Ofqual: Functional skills exams ‘not too challenging’ Regulators are investigating ‘potential issue’ with maths problem solving questions Josh Barrie 1y Josh Barrie 1y News Functional skills ‘commercially unviable’, research suggests Average delivery costs still leave training providers making a loss on functional skills, even with funding increase Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Politics Dear Jeremy: FE’s wishlist for 2024 budget Sector representatives have made their case for funding for teacher pay, adult education and apprenticeships FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Apprenticeships Students’ union to represent Jewish apprentices Jewish apprentices can become full members of UJS Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges, Strikes London mega-college staff cut short strike action over workload agreement Workers meant to strike for eight days end up picketing for three days after talks Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted tightens inspection early warning alert loophole Watchdog has ‘made changes to its processes around how, and when, inspectors gather documents from websites’ Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Newer 1 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 811 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
