News FE Commissioner selection ongoing The new FE Commissioner is yet to be appointed despite interviews by officials from the Department for Business, Innovation… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Skills call on LEPs accepted by government The government has accepted a recommendation that skills should be a core priority for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPS). The… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Ten colleges with half billion pound total income join forces Ten colleges in the North West have joined forces to form a joint venture company boasting a combined income… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Education Funding Agency to publish 16 to 18 payments The Education Funding Agency is to start publishing information on the value of providers’ 16 to 18 delivery, FE… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News EFA name first seven colleges allowed to recruit full time 14 and 15-year-olds Seven colleges will be taking up the opportunity, for the first time, to directly enrol full-time 14 and 15 year… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Apprenticeships reforms ‘precisely what’s needed’ Proposals to reform the apprenticeship funding system have been welcomed by former Dragons’ Den investor Doug Richard, nine months… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government says sorry to college A Dorset college that was wrongly labelled as under-performing in official statistics has won an apology. Kingston Maurward College,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Household names get SFA budget cuts Government funding budgets for training at major UK firms has been slashed, new figures have shown. Firms such as… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Minister ‘behind’ action over inadequate provider Moves to tackle poor provision by Elmfield were ordered personally by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock before its inadequate grading… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College sell-off hit by ‘summer closure’ delay Uncertainty continues to hang over the future of K College, which is being broken up following a “failed merger”,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Could Prospects be first to join college sector? An Essex-based charity is understood to be in talks to become the first independent training provider to be legally… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Download the summer lite edition Download your free copy of the FE Week summer 2013 lite edition, sponsored by NOCN. Click here to download… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
