Apprenticeships Winners of inaugural apprenticeship assessment awards revealed Federation of Awarding Bodies chief executive Tom Bewick said the awards marked a “crucial point” when the majority of… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Colleges Deputy FE Commissioner to take the reins at college surviving on bailout money Struggling City College Southampton will have a new principal from July Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Industrial action One college strike called off, but five more go ahead ‘To avoid further strike action, management at the other colleges need to look at Bury and see what can… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Prison education MPs call for overhaul of prisoner education assessments and in-cell laptops for learning In a new report, the House of Commons education select committee highlighted what it called the ‘cracks in a clunky, chaotic, disjointed… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y WorldSkills Revealed: 6 colleges chosen to host WorldSkills UK national finals 2022 A total of 62 finals will be held between them in November Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Expand skills minister role to tackle youth unemployment crisis, says report EDSK’s paper said that on current trends it will take over 150 years before there are no longer any… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Long read Long read Focus feature: Student safety and criminal exploitation What happens after a serious violent incident plays out in a college? How can colleges best support students and… Jess Staufenberg 3y Jess Staufenberg 3y Covid-19 Stressed and nervous but determined to prove themselves: the students sitting exams for the first time John Dickens, editor of FE Week’s sister publication Schools Week, joined Ofqual chief regulator Dr Jo Saxton as her… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Governance In search of new college governors: DfE opens tender for board recruitment service The successful bidder will have three years to place at least 134 governors on college boards in return for… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Ofsted Three colleges remain ‘outstanding’ more than a decade after last Ofsted visits This week Ofsted published the results of new inspections and found that standards at the three colleges had not slipped,… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News Investigation ‘inconclusive’ on Covid-related death of lecturer but college did break health and safety laws No reasonable evidence linking virus exposure within the workplace, Health and Safety Executive concludes Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships CMI earns record turnover as management apprenticeships soar despite pandemic End-point assessment ‘is now a significant contributor to income’ for the charity Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 803 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive 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 Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
