Adult education, Devolution DfE and mayors speed up efforts to tackle HGV driver shortage Flexibilities are being brought in for national AEB delivery while driver apprenticeships are being fast-tracked Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Colleges Exclusive DfE throws new lifeline to City College Southampton pending final verdict The college had been faced with running out of cash next month Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News, Profiles Alun Francis: ‘I believe FE can really contribute to social mobility’ ‘Social mobility should not just be about ladders up into the elite for a few’, says the new Social… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Energy, audit and NI costs: colleges face a financial triple whammy Budgets nationally are set to be hit by tens of millions Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Activate unveils new chief exec and plans for another merger Gary Headland will succeed Sally Dicketts as CEO at Activate Learning. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Qualifications BTECs: 118 MPs and Lords call on new education secretary to rethink cull ‘It is perfectly possible for T Levels, A-levels and BTECs to co-exist’, insist cross-party group Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Legislation, Skills reform Skills Bill debate: Senior Tories split on level 3 reform Several senior Conservative peers voted against the government last night following fiery exchanges on plans to scrap the majority… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Supporting your learners to develop skills for the future workplace with Barclays LifeSkills Explore how Barclays LifeSkills can help you to support your learners in developing their skills Barclays LifeSkills 4y Barclays LifeSkills 4y News Thousands of adults to be offered free new technical courses – but 2 regions miss out Institutes of Technology will offer 65 new short and modular courses later this month Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Revealed: Over 100 colleges and unis to share £18m fund to expand higher technical quals The names of more than 100 FE and HE providers to win a slice of an £18 million ‘growth… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive It’s a delicate business, this assessment reform The debate about high-stakes assessment is hotting up. Jess Staufenberg talks to the movers and shakers You will have… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y Covid-19 Zahawi and Javid encourage school and college student vaccine take-up The education and health secretaries have urged parents to get their children vaccinated to prevent the spread of Covid-19…. FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Newer 1 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 820 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
