News Fears over new apprenticeship code A new code of conduct at the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) for dealing with queries about providers has sparked… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Government reveals plans for traineeships Plans for a new training scheme to equip young people with the “confidence, skills and experience needed to find work” has… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Hundreds of jobs at risk as Pearson announces closure of adult education business More than 550 staff are facing an uncertain future after Pearson announced it was dropping its UK adult education… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News ‘Alarming’ SFA £91m overpayment Providers were overpaid £91m in the past academic year, the Skills Funding Agency has revealed. Kim Thorneywork, the agency’s… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Limited marketing ‘potentially disastrous’ A shadow minister has said that the lack of a “proper” national marketing budget to inform mature students of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News SFA crackdown finds no subcontractors to list A promised list of banned subcontractors, due out last November, has no one to go on it. In August,… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Birmingham principal honoured A college principal “hasn’t quite come to terms with the news” that she is now a dame. Dr Christine… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Youngsters stranded by company administration A London-based social enterprise company that worked with young adults to help them to find jobs has gone into… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Tesco pulls ad for short courses Multinational supermarket firm Tesco has pulled its advertising for nine-month apprenticeships following intervention from FE Week. The company, which… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News FE Week’s most viewed articles in 2012 FE Week has quickly built a reputation for being a high quality weekly printed newspaper, but we also publish many of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Providers no longer penalised for learners finding jobs FE providers will no longer be penalised for learners on benefits leaving a course because they have obtained a… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News College refuses staff pay rise Newcastle College has been branded “Scrooge” after refusing staff a nationally recommended 0.7 per cent pay rise. The University… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 811 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
