News Arrests over apprenticeship subcontractor Serious Fraud Office swoop in on Luis Michael Training, former partner of Sparsholt College Three men have been arrested… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Awards ceremony launches Adult Learners’ Week 2012 TV presenter Philippa Forrester enthusiastically kicked off the ceremony. “This is a celebration. This is a party. This is… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News City College Norwich develops federation model City College Norwich (CCN) is developing a federation model alongside two academies and a potential University Technical College (UTC),… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News The future of adult learning Tom Wilson, director, UnionLearn, TUC David Hughes, chief executive, NIACE Ever-rising levels of unemployment, lack of skills… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Redundancies at Elmfield Training Elmfield Training Ltd, who have been scrutinised by the BIS Select Committee for their delivery of apprenticeships with Morrisons,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 Newer 1 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 806 Older Must read 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 1w Billy Camden 1w 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
