News Kirklees College “overjoyed” by good Ofsted report A principal has taken a Yorkshire college from an “inadequate” to a “good” Ofsted grading after downsizing staff and… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Camping courier apprenticeships get short shrift The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has been continuing to advertise adult apprenticeships of less than a year, months after… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Landmark decision on under-16s Colleges will be able to directly recruit full-time 14 to 16-year-olds for the first time from the start of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Job losses as LSIS faces closure As many as 162 people face losing their jobs after the government’s confirmation that the Learning and Skills Improvement… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Year-end ILR data deadline shifts The deadline for Individual Learner Records (ILR) returns could be brought forward by three weeks in 2013 to the… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News LEPs get go-ahead to grant charter status The government has given Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) “sign-off” on granting colleges and training providers chartered status. Skills Minister… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Success rate report errors continue The government’s Data Service has today, Thursday 13 December, published inaccurate Qualification Success Rate (QSR) reports for the second… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News One in four adults ‘struggles’ with maths One in four adults has the maths skills of a nine-year-old or worse and struggles with the most basic… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News LSIS funding to cease as chair plans legacy strategy The government has confirmed the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will stop receiving funding from August 2013. The news… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Exclusive: Colleges given green light to recruit full-time 14 and 15 year olds FE Week can exclusively reveal that the Minister for Skills (above) has written to two members of the 14-16 College… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE welcomes £270m cash injection The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, which announced £270m of new capital money for FE, has been celebrated as a “big… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Richard Review angers AELP A review of apprenticeships that called for workplace tax breaks has been angrily rejected by the Association of Employment… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 811 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
