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 News Minister okays college merger The troubled merger of two colleges in the Midlands has been given the nod of approval by Skills Minister… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Provider’s ‘appalling’ pass rate Just 6,375 out of 13,420 adult retail apprentices succeeded England’s biggest apprenticeship provider has come under fire from the… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News New audit reviews cause ‘major concern’ A new audit system from the Skills Funding Agency has caused “major concern” within the FE sector. Accountability reviews… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Harlow tops the tables, again Harlow College has celebrated the highest general FE college qualification success rate in England for the second year running…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 817 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill 4w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
