Apprenticeships Exclusive ‘Middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships confirmed by new analysis The apprenticeship reforms are increasingly disadvantaging people from low-income areas, new FE Week analysis has revealed. Since the new-style… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Right2Learn campaign to host inaugural conference tonight A new campaign that argues for a lifelong statutory right to fully funded learning for every adult is holding… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News International partnerships announced to boost post-pandemic skills recovery WorldSkills UK is signing up to a host of partnerships with overseas counterparts which will mean greater sharing of… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Reverse adult education clawback plans, says cross-party group of MPs A cross-party group of MPs has called on the education secretary to reverse his adult education budget clawback plans… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Meet WorldSkills UK’s new Skills Taskforce for Global Britain A team of education and business leaders have been assembled to drive the use of skills in “levelling up”… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Speed read: Skills and Post-16 Education Bill published The first draft of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill has officially been laid before parliament. It outlines the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Forced college mergers – and other Skills Bill revelations New powers are set to be handed to the education secretary to force college mergers, an impact assessment of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Keegan: DfE still worried about ‘middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships Fears that university-goers will choose to do apprenticeships instead and “squeeze out” those from disadvantaged backgrounds are still rife… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive The slow death of adult residential education? As Northern College fights for survival, FE Week asks – is the government overlooking a big opportunity to ‘level up’? … Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News DfE launches £83m fund to ‘future proof’ places for 16-19s A new £83 million fund has been launched to ensure colleges can accommodate an expected demographic increase in 16… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Skills Bill to reveal extent government taking back control of colleges The scope of new powers for the education secretary to intervene where colleges are deemed to be “failing” their… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Six key findings from Ofqual’s survey of teachers on 2020 grading A third of FE and school staff felt “undue pressure” on their professional judgment when issuing exam grades in… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 817 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 5h Jessica Hill 5h 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
