News Surge in the over-25s sees record rise in apprentices The Government’s apprenticeship recruitment target of 203,200 for the financial year to March 2011 was exceeded by 54,000, John… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Peter Jones Academy hitting the headlines BBC Dragon, entrepreneur and now further education celebrity, Peter Jones has been bringing FE into the nationals this week… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Justifying the subcontracting top-slice Colleges are increasingly at risk of being percieved to be ripping off partners by “top-slicing” 30 per cent or… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Daily Mirror probes subcontracting “scandal” The award-winning Daily Mirror Investigations team, Andrew Penman and Nick Sommerlad, this week launched an in-depth probe into the… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News LSIS Leading the Learner Voice Award winners in full Last night was LSIS’s annual ‘Leading the Learner Voice Awards’. The awards were created to recognise the contributions that… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE wears the cloak of invisibility at education festival The second annual Sunday Times Education Festival was held at the much lauded Wellington College on the Surrey /… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News 16-18 funding continues The Young People’s Learning Agency has confirmed they will, in exceptional circumstances, continue to fund non-accredited provision for 16-18… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Ofqual disappointed The head of qualifications regulator, Ofqual, has written to all awarding organisations following a series of errors in AS-level… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News WorkdSkills needs help The ‘greatest skills competition in the world’ is coming to London this October. The competitions in 45 skills areas… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Lauener to stay on The Education Secratary, Michael Gove, has announced that Peter Lauener will become the first Chief Executive of the Education… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Highs and lows of 2010/11 quarter 3 reallocations 73% of providers ‘below performance’ This week the Skills Funding Agency published a document on their website called ‘Outcome… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Concern at 12 week apprenticeships Training providers are calling on the government to take a closer look at the so called fast-track apprenticeships that… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 797 798 799 800 801 802 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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
