News AoC Student of the Year Award winners announced A learner with hearing and speech difficulties who also works as a carer for his twin sister is among… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Kendal College tops FE Week’s 2019 league table Kendal College has been announced as the top college in FE Week’s annual league table for 2019. This year’s… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Feature, News The future of colleges: Can edtech deliver its utopia? Technology has transformed further education. But at what cost, asks JL Dutaut. The history of edtech is after all… JL Dutaut 6y JL Dutaut 6y News AELP fear funding agency considering outright subcontracting ban The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has today recommended a new, more “robust approach” to subcontracting in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Labour will create 320,000 green apprenticeships, Corbyn to tell CBI conference A Labour government would train 80,000 people a year in a new climate apprenticeship programme, Jeremy Corbyn is expected… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News College with ‘failed’ Grenfell-style cladding to remain open for 16 to 18-year-old residents despite Bolton fire This evening the Department for Education (DfE) has said there remains “no immediate safety concerns” at a college halls… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Punishing strikes at Nottingham College officially end A bitter dispute that involved extensive strikes at Nottingham College has officially ended after a deal was reached which… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Healthcare providers criticised in ‘outstanding’ week for colleges Two healthcare providers have been told to get in shape while one college was found to be ‘outstanding’ by… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y 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 Newer 1 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 815 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