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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
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
Fraser Whieldon
Colleges

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
Fraser Whieldon
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
Billy Camden

Must read

16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
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