News The future of adult learning Tom Wilson, director, UnionLearn, TUC David Hughes, chief executive, NIACE Ever-rising levels of unemployment, lack of skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Redundancies at Elmfield Training Elmfield Training Ltd, who have been scrutinised by the BIS Select Committee for their delivery of apprenticeships with Morrisons,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Hundreds of funding rates ‘realigned’ upwards The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has realigned the funding rates used in the Employer Responsive (ER) Other funding stream,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ‘Disappointing’ drop in adult participation says NIACE The number of adults taking part in formal learning has fallen five percentage points, a survey by the National… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ‘Stop wasting money’ Unison tells colleges Colleges spent at least £65 million on agency staff during the last financial year, according to information obtained by… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Colleges call for FE loans to be delayed The majority of professionals in the FE sector support delaying or scrapping the introduction of FE loans, according to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Report finds ‘process failures’ at the Skills Funding Agency An investigation into secret changes to a government website has unearthed “process failures” and an inability to pinpoint who… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News HR Director of Morrisons to step down next month The group HR and communications director at Morrisons has announced he will leave the supermarket retailer at the end… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News The £240m SFA giveaway The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has allocated providers an extra £240 million since the start of the academic year,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Looking ahead to Adult Learners’ Week As tag lines go, the one being championed as the essence of Adult Learners’ Week, which begins on Saturday,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News College redundancies and restructures Staff from Gateshead College protest over pay cuts and increased working hours. As the economic downturn continues to put… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Ofsted grades continue to fall for 157 Group colleges Further education colleges should be judged on all aspects of their work and not just those in an Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 851 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
