News Highbury College appoints former AoC chief as interim chair A college embroiled in an expenses scandal has appointed an ex-chief executive of the Association of Colleges (AoC) as its… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News 12 months of FE Week: January For the last 12 days of 2019 we’re running back through the previous 12 months of FE Week. Starting… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y 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 6y JL Dutaut 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 814 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
