Colleges

Warnings to providers over third-party harassment claims

Private member’s bill could mean more liability for employers, including colleges and ITPs

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted

‘Momentous’ top Ofsted rating for large Kent college group

EKC Group secures ‘outstanding’ designations in all areas

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

Quiche and karaoke: Colleges hail the King

FE students across England have been getting involved in coronation activities

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Ofqual, T Levels

Ofqual deletes key T Level results dates

Timeline of key dates for T Levels removed from Ofqual VTQ information hub

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Training Providers

HIT Training becomes employee-owned after share transfer

A new trust has been set up which now holds a majority share of the company on behalf of…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Sponsored post

Join us at the Skills and Education Group Conference 2023 – a highlight of the further education and skills calendar

After a successful 110-year anniversary event last year, the Skills and Education Group Conference takes place again on 23…

Skills and Education Group
Skills and Education Group


Colleges

Colleges lambast ‘disastrous’ changes to financial year

Finance leads hit out at plans to bring college financial year in line with the rest of the public…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Degree-level apprenticeship spending hit half a billion last year

Costly courses swallowed a fifth of DfE’s budget in 21/22

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
DfE

DfE’s £32m higher technical skills injection fund shrinks by a third

Department confirms £11m will remain in its central fund

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Higher education, Lifelong Learning, Skills reform

Ministers clear lifelong learning loan laws in the Commons

Opposition MPs were unsuccessful in pushing for more oversight of lifelong learning loan regulations

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Six ‘gold-standard’ green apprenticeships hand-picked to mark Coronation

One is yet to be approved for delivery

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges, Industrial action

Struggling college to suffer 14 days of strikes after refusing ‘financially unviable’ pay demand

UCU members will walk out over six weeks during exam season over £1,160 pay offer

Jason Noble
Jason Noble

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission

Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release

‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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