News Questions remain on Tech Bacc Government plans for a Technical Baccalaureate (Tech Bacc) have received a lukewarm welcome from the FE sector, amid questions… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Minister ‘cancels’ on traineeships Providers have been kept waiting at least another week for the government to outline its plan for traineeships. Skills… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Principal defiant after Ofsted grade four Third poor inspection for City College Coventry’s Paul Taylor The principal of the latest big city college to be… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News A big dip in funding concerns FE leaders FE bosses have urged the government to address a growing dip in funding for 16 to 19-year-olds that could… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Guide to 24+ Advanced Learning Loans supplement 25/04/2013 Find out more News Government announces vocational measure Plans for a new Tech Bacc were announced by the government today. It will be introduced for courses beginning… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Traineeships are ‘go’ Skills Minister chooses Manchester meeting to ‘launch’ programme The 11-month wait for an outline of the government’s plans for… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Apprentice wage cheats crackdown Business Secretary Vince Cable has promised “tough new measures” to tackle employers who pay apprentices below the legal minimum,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE Guild go-ahead Government funds of £18.8m a year to get a new FE body off the ground have been welcomed, although… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Agency backtracks on awards cull Plans to stop government funding for qualifications aimed at helping the unemployed have been shelved. The Skills Funding Agency… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Plea for equality on sixth-forms The head of the Association of Colleges (AoC) has called on Education Secretary Michael Gove to ensure schools opening… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE commissioner’s powers need ‘consideration’ Further education leaders have told of concerns about the proposed FE Commissioner’s two-week timescale for deciding the fate of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 802 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
