News Who is Anne Milton? 11 facts about the new skills minister FE Week has today exclusively announced that our sector’s new apprenticeships and skills minister will be Anne Milton, a… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: New minister for apprenticeships and skills revealed The new minister for apprenticeships and skills is Anne Milton, MP for Guildford, FE Week can exclusively reveal. The… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: First outstanding Ofsted rating for FE college in 14 months The first general FE to receive a grade one Ofsted rating in 14 months is Dudley College, FE Week… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Who gets the skills post? Two junior ministerial appointments confirmed Two new junior ministerial appointments have been made to the Department for Education, after it was reported by our… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Exclusive Halfon loses apprenticeships and skills ministerial role in reshuffle It is a change that will shock the FE sector. Apprenticeships and skills minister Robert Halfon has this evening… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News English college group wins applied engineering Saudi contract A three-year contract worth £58 million, to run a higher education applied engineering college in Saudi Arabia, has been… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News ‘New approach’ called for after principal quits The principal of Salford City College has reportedly quit after just two years at the helm, with a “new… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Nottingham College mega-merger goes through 10 months late The creation of one of the largest colleges in the country in Nottingham has finally happened – 10 months… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Employers slam “inordinately long” development time for apprenticeship standards Employer groups have complained about the “inordinately long time” it has taken to develop the new apprenticeship standards, some… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted watch: Providers enjoy grades boost in good week for FE A host of providers jumped up Ofsted grades in what was a mostly impressive week for FE – but… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News £35k-a-year private school seeks £3.50-an-hour apprentice A private school with annual fees of £35,000 has been branded “a disgrace” by one of the UK’s largest… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Education ministers retain their seats All the key education figures from Labour and the Conservatives have been re-elected, while long-time FE champion Vince Cable… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 808 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 4d Jessica Hill 4d 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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
