News Shakira Martin re-elected as NUS president FE champion Shakira Martin (pictured above) has survived a row over allegations of bullying to be re-elected as president… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Federation of Awarding Bodies appoints Tom Bewick as new chief executive The Federation of Awarding Bodies has announced skills and enterprise policy expert Tom Bewick as its new chief executive… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Guildford College to join Activate Learning A cash-strapped college that was forced to seek a merger after it became only the second institution to return… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Applications open for nine new T-level employer panels Representatives from business are being asked to apply to join panels that will help develop new T-levels. The Department for… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Second wave of college strikes over pay begins today The second wave of strike action by University and College Union members has begun, in an ongoing dispute over… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Learndirect’s second Ofsted monitoring visit: 15 key findings The second monitoring visit report on crisis-hit Learndirect has been published by Ofsted. This was the second reinspection monitoring… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Bids to open for share of new construction retraining fund in April Bidding is to open next month for a share of a new construction retraining fund worth tens of millions… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News First Ofsted subcontracting visit report criticises Wigan and Leigh College The first ever report of an Ofsted monitoring visit into subcontracting has found that governors and senior management at… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Exclusive More traineeships are leading to apprenticeships The proportion of young people who complete a traineeship and move on to an apprenticeship has risen but it… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Ofsted Watch: Encouraging week for adult and community learning providers A strong week for adult and community learning providers saw three climb up from ‘requires improvement’ ratings. Slough Pitstop… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Financial warning notice for UTC found to owe government £500k A university technical college which was found to have owed the government over half a million pounds after it… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Inaugural AAC Awards: Worthy winners step up The nation’s best training providers, employers and apprentices have been enshrined at the inaugural Annual Apprenticeship Awards at a… FE Week 7y FE Week 7y Newer 1 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 808 Older Must read 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
