News SFA parachutes £15m in to K College A struggling Kent college that is being broken up following a “failed merger” owes the Skills Funding Agency at… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News EFA ‘loses’ £20m to private providers Private training providers were overpaid around £20m last year by the Education Funding Agency (EFA), FE Week can exclusively… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Traineeships extension to 19 to 24-year-olds in Spending Review The government has announced it will be extending the traineeship programme to cover 19 to 24-year-olds as part of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Government to ‘radically reduce’ work experience health and safety red tape The government plans to revise health and safety red tape to make it easier for employers to take on… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Solving the merger mystery A proposed college merger in the Midlands made the FE Week news pages earlier this year after the intervention… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Success rates are ‘palpable nonsense’ Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has launched a scathing attack on the FE and skills sector, branding success rates… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Agency losses top £6m mark More than £6m of Skills Funding Agency cash was written off last year, an increase of nearly 50 per… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Clerks’ course safe with us, says ETF Governors’ clerks have been assured that their training will continue after the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) closes… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Strikes loom as college job losses announced The announcement of up to 700 job losses in eight colleges in England has prompted industrial unrest. Members of… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Pember is back for AoC review The former head of FE and skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is to… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News College ‘suspends’ rape case student A teenage student was suspended from a college in Yorkshire after claiming she was raped and sexually assaulted by… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News LSIS prepares to hand over the baton The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has published a report exploring the legacy it will leave when it… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo