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£1.5bn immigration skills charge ‘blackhole’ revealed

Ministers slammed for ‘zero transparency’ over whether tax tops up domestic training budget

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Training Providers

Fraud and error ‘getting worse’ in FE

Majority of £50m funding clawed back last year was from independent training providers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Winners of Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards 2023 revealed

Awards recognise inspirational Londoners and providers for their contributions to adult learning

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Storm Ciarán causes college closures

Colleges in the south of England switch to online learning to protect staff and students

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships

Starts stopped on 18 apprenticeships with no assessment organisation

But 60 other standards in the same boat can continue to start apprentices

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Delivering Diverse Tech Talent at Scale While Delivering the Quality and Outcomes Employers Need

As part of our journey for this white paper, we talked to decision makers in SMEs and global organisations,…

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How to engineer a qualification

Why partnership is key to crafting the qualifications of the future.

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Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship assessment arm of GP Strategies to close

‘Mixed emotions’ decision comes after the company shut its apprenticeship training delivery provider earlier this year

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Politics

Tory donors leave Education Policy Institute board as election looms

Sir Paul Marshall and Lord Nash will step down as trustees of the think tank, as David Laws moves…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofqual

Sir Ian Bauckham appointed interim Ofqual chief

Current chair of the regulator to serve for 12 month period from January after Dr Jo Saxton departs for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted publishes first FE curriculum review

Review warns maths knowledge is crucial to ‘rapid progress’ in the business sector

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

Inaugural Good for Me Good for FE award winners revealed

17 winners and highly commended finalists unveiled at online awards ceremony

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

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

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