News Principal ‘devastated’ by girl’s nursery death The principal of a Yorkshire college said she had been “devastated” by the death of a three-year-old girl who… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Euro funding could be better spent locally — DWP official European funding for tackling youth unemployment could have been better spent at local level, a Department for Work and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Provider staff admit ripping off taxpayers The boss of A4e has spoken of his disappointment at four former employers after they admitted ripping off taxpayers… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Loans process ‘putting off learners’ Fears have been raised that a lengthy application process for FE loans could be putting people off starting courses…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hayes in FE ‘comeback’ after year out Former Skills Minister John Hayes has called for more to be done to improve careers advice for young people… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News £20m scheme to recruit 500 extra maths teachers for FE sector unveiled Graduate maths teachers who choose to teach in FE colleges will get a bonus of up to £10,000 under… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Survey shows employers can’t fill 22pc of vacancies Nearly a quarter of vacancies in the UK have gone unfilled because of a shortage of much-needed skills, a… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Fraction of FE loans paid out for apprenticeships Just a fraction of the 25,200 FE loans taken out between August and October last year were for apprenticeships,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Shock funding cut for 1,500 adult quals As many as 1,500 qualifications face the public funding axe as the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) looks to introduce… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Concerns over nuclear college plans Plans for a new college to train nuclear power plant workers have sparked concerns among colleges who had been… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Software problems ‘distorting’ key FE and skills statistics Key information designed to “hold the government to account over delivery of policy” has been corrupted by ongoing problems… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Ex-Cabinet Secretaries wade in on 18-year-old funding cut debate Two former education and skills secretaries joined the charge against a controversial funding cut for 18-year-old learners as Skills… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
