News

Senior mental health lead training: 5 things you need to know

Up to two-thirds of schools and colleges will have to wait until at least next spring to hear if...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

How the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is growing in stature

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is “looking forward to playing an even bigger role” following the publication...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
AEB

Secrecy fuels suspicions as DfE refuses to share AEB clawback evidence

The government has refused to share the evidence used to justify its controversial adult education clawback plans – fuelling...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Government must act now to make colleges financially sustainable

The FE sector will play a vital role in retraining workers and filling skills gaps, writes Meg Hillier, but...

Billy Camden
MEG HILLIER
News

Revealed: Top 10 highest paid college leaders in 2019/20

The highest paid college principals and chief executives in 2019/20 have been revealed by the Education and Skills Funding...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

HE admissions service to ‘act as a digital Baker Clause’

UCAS has pledged to act as a “digital Baker Clause” and reform its service to be “as strong for...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted finds apprentices without jobs at provider

Ofsted has chastised an online training provider after finding cases where, “in contrast to the records held”, apprentices did...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

‘Middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships confirmed by new analysis

The apprenticeship reforms are increasingly disadvantaging people from low-income areas, new FE Week analysis has revealed. Since the new-style...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

ESFA to select providers for reapplication to apprenticeships register in random order

Providers on the apprenticeships register will be “randomly selected” to reapply in different phases over the next year, the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden