News Youth unemployment ‘never’ higher The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published the September edition of their Labour Market Statistics, and the summary… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News DfE considers first four 16-19 free schools It has emerged that four 16-19 Free Schools have been proposed. Last May the Department for Education (DfE) announced… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News SFA to take personal assets from directors of fraudulent providers The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has new powers allowing them to take personal assets which belong to the directors… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Where are the 16-18 year-olds? Survey of more than 100 colleges reveals shocking student shortfalls Colleges are facing a significant 16-18 recruitment shortfall, a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Not-for-profit salaries ~ you decide… FE Week has been taking a look at the accounts of two similarly sized not-for-profit awarding bodies. These figures… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Learndirect aims to improve job prospects for 10,000 people Learndirect has launched Make It Count Week to help improve the nation’s job prospects. Aiming to inspire and encourage… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News McVitie’s man is Rep of the Year A union member has taken home a top award for introducing hundreds of colleagues to learning. USDAW member Jonathan… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Group adds to Careers Service debate A membership body which represents 27 further education colleges has called on the government to think again on the future… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Latest apprenticeship policy slammed The Shadow Minister for Further Education and Skills, Gordon Marsden, has hit out at a Government policy designed to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News City & Guilds allocated more than £8m for 25,000 Asda apprentices The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has allocated more than £8m to City & Guilds in order to deliver 25,000… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News 12 week apprenticeships still advertised Despite increased criticism in what the Chief Executive of the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) called ‘hot-housing’, many short NVQ… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Government review into IfL effectiveness The government is to hold an independent review into workforce professionalisation, including the effectiveness of the Institute for Learning… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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
