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Queen’s Birthday Honours: Who received what in FE?

A former college principal who championed further education and skills as a member of Parliament has been knighted in…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Colleges set to repeat foodbank partnership

A college group is planning on providing festive relief to families in need this Christmas by bringing back its…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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DfE publishes 8 college intervention reports on a Friday after lengthy delay

The Department for Education has this morning published eight intervention reports based on FE Commissioner visits that in some…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Labour Party calls out ‘pitiful’ underinvestment in college estates

Labour has castigated the Conservatives for their “pitiful” investment in college estates, after a minister revealed that the average…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Covid blamed as targets revised at flagship Institutes of Technology

Covid is being blamed for recruitment concerns at the government’s new flagship Institutes of Technology (IoT), FE Week can…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Popular apprenticeship scrapped by government could be revived

Plans are afoot to revive the level 2 business administration apprenticeship under a new name, FE Week can reveal….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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DfE launches tender for 8 new Institutes of Technology

A competition to create the next wave of Institutes of Technology has been launched by the education secretary Gavin…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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IPS Ltd supporting Further Education technologies move into the 21st Century

Established for over 11 years, IPS Ltd has provided tailored integrated solutions for a range of industry sectors including…

IPS Software
IPS Software
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Former Ofqual director planning new FE membership body

A former technical qualifications director at the exams watchdog has signalled intention to establish another end-point assessment organisation (EPAO)…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Traineeships tender finally launched but with short deadline

Training providers have been given less than three weeks to bid in the government’s much-anticipated tender for 19 to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Young people hit hardest in full-year apprenticeship figures

Apprenticeship starts for the whole of 2019/20 fell 18 per cent on the previous academic year, new figures show….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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F1 in Schools zoom to success with innovative 2020 UK National Finals event

For the first time in the 20-year history of F1 in Schools National Finals events, teams vying to become…

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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
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure

Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps

Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Frances Read
Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse

ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen