Download your free copy of our souvenir edition 1/08/2012 Find out more News SFA publish 2012/13 funding rules for a third time A third version of the funding rules for 2012/13 have been published by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). It… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Employer Ownership of Skills pilot delayed by Ministers The Employer Ownership of Skills pilot will not launch in August as planned, according to the UK Commission for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Red Kite Learning says government policy squeezing out medium charities The education and employment charity Red Kite Learning has announced it is closing after 25 years because government policies… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Holt to apprenticeships review A review into how businesses can be encouraged to hire an apprentice has been delayed by the Department for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Soul destroying’ A4e course exposed on Twitter by former NUS Vice President An employability course managed by the ‘welfare to work’ firm A4e has been criticised on Twitter by a former… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News UNISON survey finds majority of colleges cut courses and staff A significant number of FE college courses and staff have been cut, Unison has found. The union’s survey of 190… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted grades fall in two more colleges Two more colleges have dropped a grade in recent Ofsted inspections. Bracknell and Wokingham College and Worcester College of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Youth Contract to pay colleges for helping NEETs The government will pay private companies, including 24 FE colleges, to help 16 and 17 year-olds back into a job or education,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Bulletin, News Chesterfield College appoint new principal Trevor Clay has been revealed as the new principal and chief executive of Chesterfield College. “With over 1 million young… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Download your FREE copy of FE Week lite We have today published a 5 page FE Week lite edition, which is FREE for all to download. Click… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Changes to college high grade tables a ‘mystery’ Unexplained changes to college data tables on what classifies as a ‘high grade’ have baffled colleges, who have seen… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 802 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
