News Merger partner announced for cash-strapped college A cash-strapped college that was recently told by the FE Commissioner that it urgently needed to merge in order… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Association of Colleges appoints new deputy chief executive Kirsti Lord, acting principal at City College Coventry, has been appointed as the new deputy chief executive of the… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Brathay Challenge: National apprentice team of the year revealed A team of nine apprentices from GlaxoSmithKline Ulverston have been named the apprentice team of the year, through the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Editor Asks: Robert Halfon reflects on time as minister Most, if not all of the FE sector was left in shock this week after we exclusively revealed that… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 Newer 1 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 813 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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
