News New report critical of government’s education divide The government’s departmental split over education responsibility has been branded “damaging and artificial” in a new report from the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Lead provider that had £3.3m of Skills Funding Agency cash ‘ceases trading’ An Essex-based lead provider that was allocated nearly £2m of Skills Funding Agency cash last academic year has ceased… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Subcontracting probe uncovers ‘poor value for money’ management fees An Ofsted probe into subcontracting has uncovered lead contractors charging management fees “as a way of generating income for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE Guild go ahead for Association of Colleges The Association of Colleges (AoC) has won government approval to “take forward” its proposals for an FE Guild. The… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Elmfield Training dishes out cash to Morrisons The provider behind the UK’s biggest apprenticeship programme has defended handing over taxpayers’ cash to the firm whose staff… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Dozens of providers exempt from rule Forty providers are exempt from funding rules that ban introductory apprenticeships where more than 10 per cent of learners… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Job losses as Skillsfinder UK Training goes in to administration A national training provider with nearly £2.5m of contracts last year has gone into administration with the loss of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Sharp criticism of ‘limited flexibility’ in the Innovation Code Government measures to help colleges respond to local employment and skills needs have lost the “spirit” of the report… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Review of FE teacher qualifications launched Further education leaders have told of their concerns about new proposals for industry teacher training. A review of teacher… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA U-turn on performance tables Nearly three months after the Skills Funding Agency was challenged over “mysterious” changes to college performance tables, it has… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Provider hits back at ‘unfounded claim’ The boss of an Essex-based training provider has said a local college was refusing to pay its apprenticeship bill… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Firms primed for new status after success on apprentices Two Midland-based training providers have made the shift from delivering apprenticeships for lead providers to dealing directly with the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 829 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
