Adult education, Spending Review

Bootcamps evaluation rings spending review alarm bells

The government is oblivious to how many people from the first wave secured a job or received a pay…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
net zero

Make climate education compulsory and give us £1.5bn to build sustainable campuses, colleges tell government

Their demands have been made in a letter signed by 150 college bosses to prime minister Boris Johnson and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Research

FE staff offered scholarships to explore gaps in sector’s research

The scheme is intended to tackle a ‘historic’ lack of research in the sector

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Sponsored post
Pearson Btec
Universal Credit

Universal Credit training flexibility extended by six months

Learners will continue to be able to receive Universal Credit while studying longer courses

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Prison education

Give every prisoner in-cell access to the internet, charity tells chancellor

Covid-19 exposed how prisons are ‘stuck in the digital dark ages, says Prisoners’ Education Trust

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


net zero

Colleges ‘key’ to net zero strategy, says government

Ministers are aiming to support 440,000 net zero jobs by 2030

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Sponsored post

UK training provider The Skills Network steps up to fill the skills gap on sustainability training and resourcing

The Skills Network is launching a solution to the urgent demand for Mass Eco Literacy and Practical Sustainability Skills…

The Skills Network
The Skills Network
WorldSkills

WorldSkills Squad UK meet in person for the first time since Covid struck

One competitor called it ‘amazing’ but also ‘really weird’ to see her squad mates again

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
FE Week Podcast

The FE Week Podcast: ‘Triple whammy’ college costs, BTEC campaign and Social Mobility Commission

This week Shane is joined by former DfE civil servant and adult education expert Sue Pember, and further education…

Jess Staufenberg
FE Week Podcast
Colleges, Covid-19

Colleges reintroduce Covid measures as cases spike

Staff and students are being asked to mask up again, both in colleges and schools

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Colleges

FE’s new ministers hit the road for first college visits

Alex Burghart, Michelle Donelan, Michael Gove and Keir Starmer have all visited providers this week

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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