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 News Exclusive Third of apprentice assessors have never awarded a certificate More than one-third of organisations signed up to deliver apprenticeship assessments are yet to award any certificates, FE Week… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Sluggish start for government’s free IT qualifications Take-up of the government’s flagship free digital skills qualifications, which will replace all low-level IT courses studied annually by… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News DfE seeks local authorities for ‘pupil premium plus’ extension into FE The government is on the hunt for local authorities to take part in a £3 million pilot to extend… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Sixth form students’ art exhibit tackles fake news More than 250 students at 58 colleges will have their work on the theme of ‘Fake News’ published in… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive ESFA chief executive Eileen Milner to stand down The chief executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Eileen Milner is to stand down, FE Week… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 DfE tells schools and colleges to prepare for return of on-site Covid testing in September Schools and colleges have been told to prepare for the return of on-site Covid testing from the start of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 821 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
