News Exclusive Investigators probe dozens of gagging orders as former Hull College staff left ‘devastated’ The HR director at Hull College Group has been placed on a leave of absence after an ongoing independent… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News Exclusive Pledge to ‘reverse privatisation’ in FE clarified by shadow minister Labour will not prevent independent providers from accessing public funding if the party wins next week’s general election, even… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Labour leads FE Week readers’ poll More FE professionals will be backing Labour than the Conservatives at next week’s general election, exclusive FE Week polling… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News IFS warns FE funding pledges may lead to fraud and poor value for money The “extremely large” rises in adult education spending proposed by Labour and the Liberal Democrats open up “genuine risks”… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Lecturers strike at London college despite agreeing pay deal last year Strikes started today at a large London college just a year and a half after staff agreed a pay… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Interim principal joins Highbury College following DfE intervention A college embroiled in an expenses scandal has appointed an experienced FE leader as its interim principal. Penny Wycherley… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Feature, News Forces for good: ex-military impress as trainee lecturers Successive governments are not giving up on the idea of getting former military personnel into classrooms, but could FE… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jess Staufenberg 5y News Hadlow College sells Betteshanger Park for undisclosed sum The first college to enter education administration has taken an “important step forward” after it sold its country and… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofsted finds ‘many’ employers did not know staff were apprentices “Many” employers working with a new independent provider for the care sector did not know their staff were on… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive UTCs back in the market – but there’s a catch The first applications in five years have been lodged for new university technical colleges, FE Week can reveal –… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofsted watch: Long-running commercial provider hit with grade 4 in poor week for FE It has been a poor week for FE, with one independent provider being declared ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted and seven… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News National Apprenticeship Award winners of 2019 The “outstanding” work of apprentices, government officials and employers was recognised at the National Apprenticeship Awards for 2019 on… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 808 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
