Covid-19

‘Reckless’: UCU slams July 19 easing of Covid restrictions

A college union has attacked government plans to relax Covid restrictions on campuses as showing a “reckless disregard for…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

GLA adult education admin costs soar to meet new corporate overhead charges

The cost of managing and administering the Greater London Authority’s adult education budget may soon reach almost £6 million….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Fears that London’s adult education budget could be cut as colleges struggle to spend funding

London colleges are struggling to spend chunks of their adult education budget – leading to fears that the Greater…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

New rule will stop providers assessing apprentices for learning difficulties

Apprenticeship sector leaders have attacked a new funding rule concerning apprentices’ learning difficulties assessments, slamming it as “totally wrong”….

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

ESFA pays apprenticeship firm £6m before terminating contract

Owners of a new apprenticeship provider that quickly raked in £6 million have had their contract terminated after hundreds…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

AAC Awards 2021 winners revealed

The elite of the country’s apprentice employers, providers and sector leaders were honoured at the FE Week-AELP Annual Apprenticeship…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


News

Another ESFA delay after 16-19 tuition fund applications put back to autumn

The window for colleges to opt into the second year of the 16 to 19 tuition fund has been…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Education MPs endorse Saxton as new Ofqual boss

The education select committee has endorsed the appointment of Dr Jo Saxton as chief regulator of Ofqual. Saxton, a…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Adult education

AEB tender result deadline ditched as ESFA now just ‘hope’ to provide an update

Government officials have said they “hope” to provide an update on the delayed results for the adult education budget…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Winners of 2021 BTEC Awards unveiled

An emergency services volunteer and a carer who juggled looking after her disabled sister with studying are two of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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
Billy Camden
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
Fraser Whieldon

Must read

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
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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden