News Halfon seeks re-election as chair of education committee Robert Halfon, the former education minister who chaired the Parliamentary education committee for the past two-and-a-half years, is seeking… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive Forensic auditors called in to investigate ‘unplanned deficit’ at leading college An investigation has been launched at Gateshead College after it had an unexplained deficit in the last financial year…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Jobs saved as private provider steps in to stop grade 4 firm closing branch A private provider in the north east has stepped in to save 11 workers from redundancy by acquiring a… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Williamson stays on as education secretary, but must replace his two top advisers Gavin Williamson has returned to work at the Department for Education after his party won a majority at last… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News 2019: The year in FE Week cartoons As 2019 draws to a close, we are taking a look back at the stories of the year, as… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Climate Change The future of colleges: Is the sector ready for the climate emergency? The college sector will play a major role in transitioning the economy to meet carbon reducation targets. But are… JL Dutaut 5y JL Dutaut 5y News College saves private provider from going bust a week before Christmas A college has rescued an independent provider from going bust, saving around 70 jobs and the learning of “hundreds”… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted watch: Providers score highly in first run of early monitoring reports for specialist colleges Two providers scored highly in the first run of Ofsted early monitoring reports for specialist colleges, in a week… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News AAC Awards 2020 finalists revealed The national finalists of the 2020 AAC Apprenticeship Awards have been announced. Forty-four organisations and individuals have been shortlisted… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive Loan scandal victims still waiting for debts to be cancelled The government has admitted to not contacting any of the hundreds of FE loan scandal victims despite having the… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News General election results full of drama see Johnson return with huge majority Gordon Marsden and Anne Milton were two high profile FE casualties as the Conservatives secured a 80 seat majority… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden loses seat Labour’s shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden has lost the battle to keep his parliamentary seat. Marsden lost out to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 808 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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
