News £400,000 pay-off to bosses angers union London college bosses have been accused of “double standards” amid claims that former senior managers got pay-offs totalling more… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News SFA parachutes £15m in to K College A struggling Kent college that is being broken up following a “failed merger” owes the Skills Funding Agency at… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News EFA ‘loses’ £20m to private providers Private training providers were overpaid around £20m last year by the Education Funding Agency (EFA), FE Week can exclusively… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Traineeships extension to 19 to 24-year-olds in Spending Review The government has announced it will be extending the traineeship programme to cover 19 to 24-year-olds as part of… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Government to ‘radically reduce’ work experience health and safety red tape The government plans to revise health and safety red tape to make it easier for employers to take on… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Solving the merger mystery A proposed college merger in the Midlands made the FE Week news pages earlier this year after the intervention… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Success rates are ‘palpable nonsense’ Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has launched a scathing attack on the FE and skills sector, branding success rates… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Agency losses top £6m mark More than £6m of Skills Funding Agency cash was written off last year, an increase of nearly 50 per… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Clerks’ course safe with us, says ETF Governors’ clerks have been assured that their training will continue after the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) closes… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Strikes loom as college job losses announced The announcement of up to 700 job losses in eight colleges in England has prompted industrial unrest. Members of… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News Pember is back for AoC review The former head of FE and skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is to… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y News College ‘suspends’ rape case student A teenage student was suspended from a college in Yorkshire after claiming she was raped and sexually assaulted by… Nick Linford 13y Nick Linford 13y Newer 1 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 852 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 4d Shane Chowen 4d Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 3w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
