News Landmark decision on under-16s Colleges will be able to directly recruit full-time 14 to 16-year-olds for the first time from the start of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Job losses as LSIS faces closure As many as 162 people face losing their jobs after the government’s confirmation that the Learning and Skills Improvement… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Year-end ILR data deadline shifts The deadline for Individual Learner Records (ILR) returns could be brought forward by three weeks in 2013 to the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News LEPs get go-ahead to grant charter status The government has given Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) “sign-off” on granting colleges and training providers chartered status. Skills Minister… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Success rate report errors continue The government’s Data Service has today, Thursday 13 December, published inaccurate Qualification Success Rate (QSR) reports for the second… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News One in four adults ‘struggles’ with maths One in four adults has the maths skills of a nine-year-old or worse and struggles with the most basic… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News LSIS funding to cease as chair plans legacy strategy The government has confirmed the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will stop receiving funding from August 2013. The news… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Exclusive: Colleges given green light to recruit full-time 14 and 15 year olds FE Week can exclusively reveal that the Minister for Skills (above) has written to two members of the 14-16 College… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News FE welcomes £270m cash injection The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, which announced £270m of new capital money for FE, has been celebrated as a “big… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Richard Review angers AELP A review of apprenticeships that called for workplace tax breaks has been angrily rejected by the Association of Employment… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New FE Guild chair looks to technology The chair of the FE Guild steering group has revealed to FE Week why he would make it an… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hoyle wants schools ‘penalised’ Schools where pupils fail to reach A to C standard in GCSE maths and English should be penalised by… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 802 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
