News Reshuffle fun fact: Sixth minister for skills since 2010 needed if Milton moved The Prime Minister is expected to make a cabinet reshuffle tomorrow, and most of the attention in the education… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Ofsted watch: Bad start to 2018 for West Thames College The new year has got off to a less-than-‘good’ start for one college, which saw its Ofsted grade drop… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Public Accounts Committee calls for evidence ahead of Learndirect hearing UPDATE: The PAC has confirmed this hearing will start from 4pm on Monday January 15, and confirmed the witnesses… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y News Institute for Apprenticeships to lose its deputy chief The Institute for Apprenticeships is losing a vital member of staff, one who was “instrumental” in setting up the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News First college merger plan for 2018 launched in the south-east Two large colleges in the south-east, which teach a combined total of nearly 30,000 FE students every year, have… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Nick Boles: Behind the scenes on the birth of the apprenticeship levy The architect of the apprenticeship levy gives his own account of how this landmark policy was brought to fruition,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Top ten: FE Week most read news in 2017 FE Week is known for investing in high quality investigative news and with three and a half million page… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Adult learning champion honoured with knighthood A man who spent decades spearheading the fight to raise the profile of adult learning has been knighted in… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Who got what in Queen’s New Year honours for FE? The bosses of two colleges located just 10 miles apart have been awarded CBEs in the Queen’s new year’s… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ tidings for FE providers before Christmas Ofsted has delivered an early Christmas present to FE, with six providers climbing up the rankings including one college… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Barnardo’s left stranded by non-levy tender Children’s charity Barnardo’s has been left stranded without an apprenticeship training contract through the controversial non-levy tender. The huge… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Non levy tender update: First contracts to be awarded from tomorrow Contracts from the much-delayed non-levy tender will finally be given out from tomorrow, the government has announced. It remains… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 814 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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