News Provider challenges new-look inspection One of the first Ofsted inspections under the new common inspection framework is to be disputed. Merseyside-based Central Training,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Heseltine questions funding agency’s future A wide-ranging report from the Tory grandee Lord Heseltine (right) questions the role of the Skills Funding Agency, instead… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News New courses bypass the regulator The government has allowed new adult English and maths qualifications to be funded without the usual approval of an… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Apprenticeship highs and lows Apprentice numbers in engineering and construction have plummeted while management apprenticeships have rocketed 45 per cent. Engineering, based on… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y 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 Newer 1 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
