News Exclusive ‘Heart-wrenching’ impact of funding cuts shared by college leaders Six college leaders have shared the “heart-wrenching” impacts of government funding cuts after speaking anonymously to FE Week for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Labour promises to raise the FE funding rate and reform the apprenticeship levy Labour has pledged to raise the base rate of per-student funding in FE to secondary-school levels and expand the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Rooney makes his WorldSkills UK LIVE! debut Ex-Greene King boss Rooney Anand spoke of his excitement today as he made his debut as WorldSkills UK chair… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Three FE colleges win Queen’s Anniversary Prizes Three FE colleges in England have been announced as winners of the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for 2018-2020 in a… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Labour launch manifesto – read what it says about FE and skills This morning the Labour Party launched their manifesto ahead of the general election on 12 December (click here to… FE Week Reporter 6y FE Week Reporter 6y News Skills leaders call for changes to T-level curriculum ahead of launch next year Two leading skills organisations have called for a rethink of the construction T-level curriculum ahead of the qualification’s launch… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Winners of the WEA 2019 Educational Impact Awards revealed Refugees who achieved their qualifications after fleeing thousands of miles from their home nations are among the 11 winners… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Liberal Democrats promise £1 billion for colleges in their manifesto The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest an extra £1 billion in FE, including VAT refunds for colleges. “Further… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y 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 Newer 1 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 819 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
