Colleges

DfE to rename college comparison website as performance tables return

Government says this will signal not to make ‘direct comparisons’ without asking colleges how Covid affected them

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
AEB

ESFA increases adult education over-delivery threshold

But under-delivery has reverted to the pre-pandemic threshold

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
FE Week Podcast

The FE Week Podcast: Ofsted in the spotlight

Come and inspect the inspectorate with The FE Week Podcast! Education journalist Jess Staufenberg speaks to former inspectors, current…

Jess Staufenberg
The FE Week Podcast
Colleges

Union rejects AoC’s ‘totally unacceptable’ new pay offer for college staff

The pay offer has been upped to 2.5% from 2.25%

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Exams

Colleges told to raid own coffers to get students to exams during rail strike

DfE says and FE providers are ‘best placed to prioritise their spending to support their pupils and students’ during…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Feature, News

Focus feature: National Union of Students and FE

Despite an impressive history of wins for FE students, is it now time for a radical shake-up of the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg


T Levels

DfE unveils plans for a new T Level in marketing

Officials want the qualification up and running from 2025

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

More college capacity projects get the go-ahead

An extra batch of college capacity bids have been approved to build more teaching space for projected rises in…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Provide apprenticeship careers talks or face legal action, schools told

Consultation launched on new duty to give pupils six ‘mandatory encounters’ from FE and apprenticeship providers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Colleges, Industrial action

College staff do two days unpaid work every week, new workload survey finds

New report lays bare the workload challenge facing the sector

Will Nott
Will Nott
Apprenticeships, T Levels

Donelan hints at more employer incentives for T Level placements

The further and higher education minister, Michelle Donelan, was quizzed by MPs on the House of Commons education committee…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Industrial action

London college group threatened with strikes over pay and ‘fire and rehire’ tactics

The University and College Union said their members will not ‘have a gun put to their head by their…

Will Nott
Will Nott

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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