News College wins Morrisons’ contract The contract to deliver the country’s biggest apprenticeship programme has been won by NCG (formerly Newcastle College Group). The… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Adult Learners’ Week 2013 Supplement 17/05/2013 Find out more News Coventry principal to leave after Ofsted inadequate The principal of City College Coventry, labelled inadequate by Ofsted, is to leave as soon an interim replacement can be… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Adult college ‘changes lives’ Working Men’s College, a specialist designated institution in North London, is celebrating an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade. Rebecca Cooney reports … FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News NAS investigates apprentices’ hours The National Apprenticeship Service is investigating claims that apprentices are regularly working “over and above their contracted hours”. UnionLearn,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New website misses national providers A newly-launched apprenticeship website aimed at employers could be leaving out national providers, it has been claimed. A mandatory… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Principal questions local merger Two Midland colleges planning to merge have been accused of “ignoring” guidance from Skills Minister Matthew Hancock. Stourbridge and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News SFA ‘moves goalposts’ for small contracts The future of the Skills Funding Agency’s minimum contract level policy has been called into question after it emerged… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Traineeships launched, but only for some The 11-month wait for a government outline of traineeships is over — but “disappointment” has been expressed about who… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Guild to meet at Windsor Castle for ‘complex thinking time’ Twenty-nine “key people” from FE have been invited to eat, drink, sleep and “think” in secret at Windsor Castle… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New chief executive at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers The incoming chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has told how apprenticeships will be at… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Governor backs defiant Taylor ‘It’s a comfort to be asked to stay on,’ says Coventry principal The chair of City College Coventry’s board… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
