Colleges

DfE props up college merger with £7m grant

Proposals to sell one of the new group's campuses have also been met with dismay

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Get on board and publish your minutes, FE Commissioner tells colleges

FE Week audit finds half of colleges have not published governor minutes this year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education

Sudden closures hit Derbyshire adult education centres

Angry MP slams lack of public consultation

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Prison education

‘Bleak existence’ at London young offender institute

15-18 year-olds locked up for 20 hours a day as inspectors warn education attendance levels would 'never be acceptable'...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Youth

NEET trailblazer schemes given £45m extension

Local ‘youth guarantee’ pilots will be funded for an extra year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

‘Less ambitious’ nursing apprenticeships pledge criticised

New target comes ahead of a 'refreshed' NHS workforce plan later this year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Migrant skills tax take tumbled by £100m last year

Income from the immigration skills charge fell for the first time in four years amid calls for transparency over...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofsted, Training Providers

Training provider to close after 40 years following damning Ofsted report

Managing director blasts ‘unfair’ inspection which found ‘ineffective’ safeguarding

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Labour think tank’s radical plan to tackle apprenticeship levy’s ‘abject failure’

Give SMEs ’skin in the game’ by making more employers pay the charge, ban graduates, end the Treasury top-slice...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor