News ‘A very different September’ debated by roundtable of experts The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of disruption across education, including cancelled exams and campus closures to… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Sally Dicketts announced as AoC president-elect The chief executive of one of England’s largest college groups has been announced as the next president of the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive FE’s fight to tackle hate crime Hate crimes in colleges have almost tripled in four years as leaders seek to raise awareness in light of… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive Terminated: ESFA bin apprenticeship providers for low achievement rates Apprenticeship providers have been left shocked after the Education and Skills Funding Agency ignored their own coronavirus deferral policy… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Labour ‘concerned’ and brand promise of an apprenticeship guarantee a ‘deception’ Labour’s shadow apprenticeships minister has branded the prime minister’s “apprenticeship guarantee” proposal a “deception”. Toby Perkins told FE Week… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Winners of the AoC Beacon Awards 2020 announced Top colleges across the country are celebrating receiving honours in the Association of Colleges’ Beacon Awards 2019-20. The winners… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Revealed: Apprenticeship training providers paid biggest slice of levy funds The Education and Skills Funding Agency has for the first time revealed the training providers that have been paid… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News National student photography exhibition captures life of sixth form college learners during lockdown An online photography exhibition to showcase the life of sixth form college students during lockdown has been launched by… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Nearly half all qualifications assigned new estimated grade process, new Ofqual list reveals The results for nearly half of all vocational and technical qualifications planned for certifications this summer will be based… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Adult apprentices CAN return for face-to-face contact from 15 June, says DfE The government has confirmed that colleges and training providers can begin face-to-face contact with adult apprentices from 15 June,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Redundancies planned at massive apprenticeships provider to government A huge training provider that delivers hundreds of apprenticeships for the civil service is planning to make major redundancies…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Free recording: Latest FE policy response and requirements to Covid-19 outbreak The sixth webcast in FE Week’s series – further education sector’s response and requirements to coronavirus pandemic – was… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 808 Older Must read 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo