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 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Surprise £10m deficit fault of ‘inept’ staff, says college boss “Genuine ineptness” has led to a surprise £10 million deficit at a large London college group, its chief executive… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News IfATE board ‘stressed need’ for better way of setting funding rates The board of the government’s apprenticeship agency has “stressed” the need for a funding band methodology that “works, is… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College delivers TV Christmas to local pensioner Oldham College learners have teamed up with BBC Breakfast to deliver a Christmas tree and a carol concert to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News UK competitor appointed to WorldSkills Champions Trust A Team UK competitor has been appointed to the international WorldSkills Champions Trust, making him its sole representative from… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 815 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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
