News Exclusive Why colleges are choosing GCSE resits over alternatives Colleges across the country have been entering more students for GCSE maths and English re-sits than government policy requires…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Small business fury over Hadlow administration “The b***ards” was the reaction of one of many small businesses owed thousands of pounds by the first college… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive College to spend £250k paying off learner loans after subcontracting scandal A college will pay off almost £250,000 in loans debt for 59 victims of a subcontracting scandal. FE Week… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted: Campus grades on the cards for 2020 A move to campus-level Ofsted grades for college groups is back on the cards and they could be introduced… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Teacher warned learners of ‘terror’ attack in latest college hack A Manchester sixth form college has become the sector’s latest cyber-attack victim, after criminals hacked a teacher’s email to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted reveals National College surviving on bailouts has just 24 classroom students A National College due to dissolve in the new year has just 24 classroom students – its first-ever Ofsted… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News First ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating for FE college under new framework The first college to receive a grade one rating under Ofsted’s new inspection framework is Newcastle and Stafford Colleges… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Conservatives pledge £1.8bn capital investment for FE colleges The Conservatives have announced plans to put £1.8 billion into capital investment for further education colleges. In a speech… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Stella suspended following FE Commissioner intervention A principal at the centre of a college expenses scandal has been suspended, FE Week can reveal. Stella Mbubaegbu… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News High-profile college leader to retire The well-known leader of a high-profile college has announced his intention to retire after more than 11 years at… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA bans 8 more providers from recruiting apprentices Another eight apprenticeship providers have been stopped from doing new business after being rapped by Ofsted. The penalties were… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Does Corbyn’s ‘education escalator’ still include free adult learning? Labour’s commitment to fully funding beginner and “second-chance” short adult education courses has been questioned, after the political party… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 808 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
