News ESFA demands final off-the-job hour data to ‘support the work of audit’ A new field is set to be introduced to individual learner records (ILR) to support government audits of apprenticeship… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Sixth form college in spat with UTC over ‘inaccurate’ data claims A row erupted between a university technical college and a sixth form college yesterday over “inaccurate” achievement rate claims…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair Robert Halfon has been re-elected unopposed as the chair of the Parliamentary education committee. The Conservative MP’s re-election was… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College with ‘failed’ Grenfell-style cladding starts moving students out A college has begun moving classes and residents out of their tower block as they prepare for a multi-million… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News SFA lost 1,000 staff in just six years The Skills Funding Agency shed over 1,000 staff when responsible for apprenticeship providers and college financial oversight, before being… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC board set for shake-up to bring in outside experts A major reorganisation of the board at the Association of Colleges (AoC) will see many of the principals replaced… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted watch: ‘Outstanding’ week for sixth form college A sixth form college was lauded as ‘outstanding’ in a mixed week for FE, which saw one private provider… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Chair follows principal and quits at college with shock £6m deficit A former deputy FE commissioner has been drafted into a college that is currently investigating an unexpected £6 million… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Parents demand ‘inadequate’ Sheffield film school be reopened Parents are lobbying the government to restart funding for an arts and media provider that trained mostly high-needs learners…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive T-level cold-spots could prove to be a major DfE headache An FE Week investigation into T-level cold-spots has found six out of eight college principals in Lincolnshire appear to… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive A fifth of colleges go more than 12 months without publishing minutes One in five colleges have not published board minutes in over a year, an FE Week investigation has found…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y AEB Exclusive Provider challenging ‘flawed’ AEB tender in the high court Lawyers are set to go to battle at the high court later this month, in the first ever challenge… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 818 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo