News Warning as cyber criminals try to cash in on exam season The Joint Council for Qualifications warned exams officers about the email earlier this week. The body said a ‘small… FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y T Levels No T Level achievement rates until wave 3 students complete But national-level results for T Levels will be published from the get-go, with the first set of outcomes set… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News New alliance to offer fellowships for FE staff Colleges will have to be a member of both organisations and have ‘chartered status’ for staff to be eligible. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Sponsored post Sponsored OCN London joins forces with the Met Police to help widen participation in the police service OCN London, a nationally recognised awarding organisation and Access Validation Agency (AVA), has developed a new Access to HE… OCN London 3y OCN London 3y News DfE seeks brokers to level up SME apprenticeships in the north Intermediaries told to also focus on boosting numbers of young apprentices Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship funding at risk for slow progress drop-outs But providers are up in arms about the bureaucracy of the ‘impractical’ new rule Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News ESFA appoints David Withey as next permanent chief executive He replaces Eileen Milner who resigned last year Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships ESFA finally launches Tripadvisor-style feedback feature for apprentices Apprentices can now give anonymous feedback and the results will appear on Find Apprenticeship Training Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Industrial action Union targets college’s open days for strikes as ‘fire and rehire’ row escalates Staff at Richmond upon Thames College have warned they will strike during open days as a bitter dispute over… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Industrial action College strike called off after staff win pay rise of up to 7.5% It comes weeks after the AoC recommended that college staff should be given a 2.25% pay rise next year Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges ONS reclassification review: Colleges given weeks to submit borrowing and other financial data The Education and Skills Funding Agency today asked colleges for ‘immediate assistance’ to provide a debt return Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022: Who received what in FE? Picking up the damehood was Ann Limb, who has over 25 years of experience in FE and was appointed… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Newer 1 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Long read, Prison education Long read 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo