News Government plans new team to exploit international education opportunities During a trip to India to promote vocational education the Skills Minister has announced that the government will establish… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News FE colleges’ passage to India A group of colleges is establishing a permanent team in New Delhi as part of an Association of Colleges… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Inspection ‘delight’ The principal of an FE provider said she led her centre to an outstanding Ofsted inspection result by focusing… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Providers ‘anxious’ over growth cash Training providers said they could be left thousands of pounds “out-of-pocket” after the government unexpectedly doubled functional skills rates…. FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Clawback ‘possible’ on £91m overpayment Providers who shared in a £91m Skills Funding Agency overpayment could yet be asked to hand back some of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Union strike threat over new dismissals A bitter dispute over the sacking of lecturers at a Midlands college looks set to worsen. The University and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Audit exposes ‘£40m’ ESF error European funding could be at risk after a government audit uncovered “potentially” £40m-worth of errors over money dished out… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News College gets £2.2m funding immunity A failing London college was allowed to sidestep official funding rules to keep a £2.2m overpayment as it merged… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Minister in traineeship web launch Further education Minister Matthew Hancock (above right) took part in his first webinar to launch a government discussion paper on… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Traineeship plan revealed Plans for a new training scheme to equip young people with “the confidence, skills and experience needed to find… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Uncertainty warning over apprentice loans The Shadow FE Minister has described it as “deeply alarming” that government-commissioned research says apprentices do not understand how… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Provider contract to be cut short amid debt claim The Skills Funding Agency is tearing up an £800,000 training contract with a Hertfordshire-based provider amid claim the firm… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 806 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