News Shane Chowen announced as new FE Week editor Shane Chowen has been appointed as the new editor of FE Week. He will take the reins in August… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Lowest paid and those with least qualifications most likely to miss out on training, says report Degree-level learners are over four times more likely to access further training throughout their life than those with no… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Winners of the 2021 Festival of Learning awards announced A domestic abuse survivor and a learner who retrained in engineering after losing her chef career in a motorbike… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Ofsted finds learners unaware they are on an apprenticeship A private provider has been suspended from taking on new learners after Ofsted found a “few cases” of apprentices… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Easing Covid restrictions: What FE providers need to know The government plans to remove bubbles and social distancing rules in FE providers from July 19, the education secretary… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News ‘Policy not politics’: New Ofqual boss attempts to play down independence fears Jo Saxton has said she would “absolutely speak out” as Ofqual boss if she felt any government decisions were… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Winners of delayed £18m skills bootcamp tender revealed The training providers and colleges chosen to deliver the remaining national skills bootcamp programmes have finally been named. FE… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Disappointment as human resources T Level development stopped The government’s decision to “cease” a T Level in human resources will cut the industry off from a potentially… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Speed read: Draft statutory guidance on local skills reviews published The Department for Education has published draft statutory guidance on college governors’ new duty to review local skills provision…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Virtual Natspec games prove a hit Students enjoyed some of their “best experiences” at the first fully virtual Natspec Games last week. Organisers are even… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News £80m rebuild puts troubled college’s merger on hold A multi-million-pound redevelopment which put a college’s finances at “significant risk” has now delayed its much-needed merger. Richmond-upon-Thames College… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News, Uncategorized ‘Important’ new FE data collection will start this month A workforce data collection “project” for the further education sector promised in the skills for jobs white paper will… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 817 Older Must read community cohesion 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 2h Jessica Hill 2h 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
