News

Governors ‘lack urgency’ on financial issues at struggling land-based college, says FE Commissioner

The report said that “financial risks are accumulating”

Will Nott
Will Nott
WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023 moved from St Petersburg as WorldSkills suspends Russia and Belarus amid invasion of Ukraine

Russia and Belarus have been suspended from WorldSkills competitions and the EuroSkills 2023 event will no longer be held…

Will Nott
Will Nott
News

St Petersburg’s fate as host of EuroSkills 2023 set for crunch talks

“WorldSkills Europe is shocked and saddened by the security situation that is unfolding in Ukraine”

Will Nott
Will Nott
News

College facing insolvency demands quicker merger solution

FE Commissioner says even if significant savings are found the college cannot survive on its own

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Devolution

Provider pulls out of £3m devolved contract due to low student uptake

‘Potential learners just haven’t been able to commit to signing up’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE being sued for millions by training provider

CCP claims the department unlawfully held back fees which led to a loss of business

Will Nott
Will Nott


Skills reform

Zahawi makes plea to peers to leave the skills bill alone

A process informally known as ‘ping pong’ is set to take place

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Unfair: Large apprenticeship providers ‘disproportionately penalised’ by new ESFA rule

Agency to penalise providers for more than 100 withdrawals or delayed completions

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform, T Levels

Ofqual proposes stricter controls on BTECs that survive qualifications cull

Regulators have unveiled plans for more “rigorous” controls over the BTECs and other post-16 qualifications which survive a planned…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

WorldSkills UK announces winners of equity, diversity and inclusion awards

Winners included an electronics engineer who spent lockdown designing science packs for school children

Will Nott
Will Nott
Lifelong Learning, Skills reform

Lifelong learning loans consultation finally launched

A long-awaited consultation on the government’s flagship lifelong learning scheme points to limitations and restrictions.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Ministers scrap plans for post-qualification admissions

DfE says support for shake-up of university admissions was ‘not strong enough’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker

Must read

Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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