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 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Simon Kay 6y 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News, Opinion Sponsored 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 6y Paul Eeles 6y 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 815 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