News Hundreds of funding rates ‘realigned’ upwards The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has realigned the funding rates used in the Employer Responsive (ER) Other funding stream,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Disappointing’ drop in adult participation says NIACE The number of adults taking part in formal learning has fallen five percentage points, a survey by the National… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Stop wasting money’ Unison tells colleges Colleges spent at least £65 million on agency staff during the last financial year, according to information obtained by… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Colleges call for FE loans to be delayed The majority of professionals in the FE sector support delaying or scrapping the introduction of FE loans, according to… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Report finds ‘process failures’ at the Skills Funding Agency An investigation into secret changes to a government website has unearthed “process failures” and an inability to pinpoint who… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News HR Director of Morrisons to step down next month The group HR and communications director at Morrisons has announced he will leave the supermarket retailer at the end… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News The £240m SFA giveaway The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has allocated providers an extra £240 million since the start of the academic year,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Looking ahead to Adult Learners’ Week As tag lines go, the one being championed as the essence of Adult Learners’ Week, which begins on Saturday,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News College redundancies and restructures Staff from Gateshead College protest over pay cuts and increased working hours. As the economic downturn continues to put… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted grades continue to fall for 157 Group colleges Further education colleges should be judged on all aspects of their work and not just those in an Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Sandwich artist questions tabled by MP Questions have been raised over apprenticeships offered by a fast-food chain. Dudley MP Ian Austin is demanding answers after… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Finger pointing as MPs criticise value for money at Morrisons Geoff Russell, CEO of the Skills Funding Agency points to David Way, CEO of the National Apprenticeship Service, at… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 802 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
