News Fears over conflict of interest The qualifications watchdog is “developing its thinking” on whether providers of apprenticeships should also be awarding bodies after a… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Exclusive interview with BIS committee’s chair With the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report highlighting a number of apprenticeship issues, FE Week deputy editor… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Group chair appointed to steer FE Guild An independent chair has been appointed as proposals to create an FE Guild take shape. David Hughes, chief executive… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Teachers unskilled to provide careers advice The fifth annual Colleges Week has kicked off with the publication of a report that shows schoolteachers and parents… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Where have all the students gone? More than a million students could not be traced by researchers wanting to find out what happened to them… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Strength at the top is key to improvement concludes Ofsted Strong, effective leadership is one of the key features of success, suggests Ofsted’s How Colleges Improve report. Winning colleges… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Colleges undecided on ‘Trip Advisor’ website Providers are remaining on the fence about Ofted’s Trip Advisor-style Learner View website. The website, which cost £65,000 to… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Short shrift for new-look Ofsted reports Joy Mercer, AoC Jan Webber, ASCL Reports of inspections under… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Urgent reform to apprenticeships needed, says BIS Committee An 11-month government inquiry into apprenticeships has recommended a host of changes, including “closer scrutiny, careful monitoring or even… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Skills Funding Agency ‘assured’ over Elmfield Training payments to Morrisons A system of payments from the provider behind the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programme to the firm whose staff it… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Cash boost on out-of-favour qualifications Funding for a host of politically unpopular workplace qualifications is set to rise, with payments for one course rocketing… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Provider challenges new-look inspection One of the first Ofsted inspections under the new common inspection framework is to be disputed. Merseyside-based Central Training,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 806 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
