News BIS publishes final impact assessment reports for FE loans The final impact assessment and equality impact assessment reports have been published by the Department for Business, Innovation and… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA £2.3m website hardly used The FE Choices website has been viewed by 6,230 people since it launched in January, figures obtained by FE… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Functional Skills funded for 38 per cent less Providers delivering in the workplace will receive almost 40 per cent less funding when they are forced to switch… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News An ‘outrageous’ mace-use of funds Bradford College has stood by its decision to spend £24,000 on a decorative mace for its graduation ceremonies. The… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Subcontractor hits out at “rip off” management fee The head of a subcontractor has called the high management fees used by some FE colleges a “rip off”…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News RTT Group has £3.3m contract terminated Real-Time Training Ltd, which trades under the name RTT Group, has had its £3.3m contract with the Skills Funding… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News AoC says government is not doing enough to address no free lunches Labour MP David Blunkett said it was “unjustifiable” that more than 100,000 students miss out on a free school… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Government announce independent review into the future of apprenticeships The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) have announced that Doug Richard, described as an entrepreneur and founder… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News CBI survey shows college leavers lack literacy and numeracy skills Too many people leaving school and college do not have the literacy and numeracy skills to thrive in the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Green light for another 15 UTCs A further 15 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are to be funded by the government and rolled out over the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Colleges ‘fixing’ the success rate figures. Where will it end? An overwhelming majority of staff working in FE colleges have concerns with the credibility of success rate data. A… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Massive’ error in the National Success Rates Tables The National Success Rate Tables (NSRT) for 2010/11 will need to be republished after significant errors were identified. More… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 802 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 4w Josh Mellor 4w 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
