News

DfE to tender for 8 new Institutes of Technology

A further eight Institutes of Technology are to be created by the government through a new £120 million tender,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

First college to win Careers and Enterprise Company award

Westminster Kingsway College has become the first ever college to win a gong at the Careers and Enterprise Company’s…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Ofsted watch: Popular Italian restaurant chain served delectable report

A popular Italian restaurant chain has been served a complimentary report by Ofsted during a week of mostly positive…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Hull College Group ‘independent’ investigation into leadership led by college’s own lawyer

The independent investigation into Hull College Group is being led by a lawyer who has a long history with…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Colleges blame poor publicity and bad design for low traineeships take-up

Less than a third of colleges are currently offering traineeships to 16 to 18-year-olds, FE Week analysis of new…

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
News

Advanced learner loan cap is deterring students, college warns

A government-imposed cap on advanced learner loan (ALL) provision is having a “devastating impact”, a college in Oxford has…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


News

Sector bodies align with call for DfE to switch funding for 16-18s

Three leading associations from across the university, private provider and college sectors have united to call on the government…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE ‘carefully monitoring’ college investigation into allegations of nepotism and ‘financial wrongdoing’

The government is “carefully monitoring” an independent investigation into allegations regarding the management of Hull College Group. FE Week…

Simon Kay
Simon Kay
News

Prioritise investment in level 2 qualifications, new report urges

Government ought to invest in upskilling people on to level 2 qualifications or apprenticeships as a priority, a new…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Could two sixth forms be coming to the rescue for a struggling college?

A three-way merger is on the cards to help secure the long-term future of a college that has been…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News, Opinion

Sponsored: Qualifications face the biggest shake up in a generation – time to have your say

Talk to anyone in the awarding industry and they will tell you that the only constant is change. The…

FE Week Reporter
Paul Eeles
News

Cash-strapped college appoints accountant as interim principal

A financially troubled college being looked into by the FE Commissioner has appointed an experienced FE leader and chartered…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel