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 net zero 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 Newer 1 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 830 Older Must read Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 5d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5d Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
