News Gowland comes out of retirement to be temp boss at London college The principal of a London college has been replaced by a retired further education leader ahead of an FE… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News FE minister writes to colleges about COVID-19 response This evening the apprenticeships and skills minister, Gillian Keegan, wrote to all FE and sixth form colleges in England…. Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News College group launches Food Bank Friday A large college group in London is launching “Food Bank Friday” in an effort to combat food shortages for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News List of ‘key workers’ and vulnerable children revealed Education secretary Gavin Williamson announced on Wednesday that schools and colleges will only stay open from Friday afternoon until… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Apprenticeship providers desperate for government support as starts plummet England’s largest apprenticeship providers have told FE Week that starts are “falling off a cliff” and redundancies are likely… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Apprentice assessment organisation hit by ‘significant cancellations’ A leading apprentice assessment organisation has told FE Week they are already experiencing “significant cancellations” following the coronavirus outbreak…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News College campuses must remain open indefinitely in response to coronavirus crisis Colleges will have to keep campuses open to vulnerable children and those of “key workers” indefinitely, including during the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive T-level assessment organisations call for 12 month delay The awarding bodies designing the first three T-levels have called on the government to delay their rollout by a… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Training providers demand income guarantee and relaxation of funding rules Ministers have been urged to guarantee training providers’ income and for the Department for Education to relax funding rules… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Training providers should also close their doors from Friday, minister tells AELP Independent training providers should close their doors from Friday afternoon until further notice like schools and colleges, the apprenticeships… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News FE Commissioner reveals how £80m rebuild and ‘significant failures’ put college’s future at risk Poor forecasting and management of an £80 million investment in a new building put a college in “crisis mode”… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus: Colleges ‘expected’ to close from Friday All colleges in England are “expected” to close from Friday as the government steps up its attempts to contain… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 821 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 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
