News Subcontracting probe uncovers ‘poor value for money’ management fees An Ofsted probe into subcontracting has uncovered lead contractors charging management fees “as a way of generating income for… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News FE Guild go ahead for Association of Colleges The Association of Colleges (AoC) has won government approval to “take forward” its proposals for an FE Guild. The… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Elmfield Training dishes out cash to Morrisons The provider behind the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programme has defended handing over taxpayers’ cash to the firm whose staff… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Dozens of providers exempt from rule Forty providers are exempt from funding rules that ban introductory apprenticeships where more than 10 per cent of learners… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Job losses as Skillsfinder UK Training goes in to administration A national training provider with nearly £2.5m of contracts last year has gone into administration with the loss of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Sharp criticism of ‘limited flexibility’ in the Innovation Code Government measures to help colleges respond to local employment and skills needs have lost the “spirit” of the report… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Review of FE teacher qualifications launched Further education leaders have told of their concerns about new proposals for industry teacher training. A review of teacher… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA U-turn on performance tables Nearly three months after the Skills Funding Agency was challenged over “mysterious” changes to college performance tables, it has… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Provider hits back at ‘unfounded claim’ The boss of an Essex-based training provider has said a local college was refusing to pay its apprenticeship bill… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Firms primed for new status after success on apprentices Two Midland-based training providers have made the shift from delivering apprenticeships for lead providers to dealing directly with the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Elmfield Training ‘tells 400’ staff their jobs are at risk A training provider that helped deliver one of the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programmes at Morrisons is shedding a third… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Colleges underdeliver by ‘£45m to £60m’ The Association of Colleges (AoC) has estimated that colleges failed to deliver between £45m and £60m of adult provision… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 802 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
