News Conservatives accused of ‘hiding’ ministers from press scrutiny The Conservatives have been accused of hiding from FE Week in the run-up to the general election – and… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Horror show for degree apprenticeships There’s no sign that the non-levy allocations farrago will be solved any time soon – and now higher education… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News College pays learners to complete online courses A college in the north-east has used public funds to pay its students cash bonuses for completing online short… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Principal standing down of recently created FE college The principal of Prospects College of Advanced Technology is set to retire, after guiding it through becoming the first… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 Final two Team UK competitors selected for WorldSkills 2017 A chef from The Ritz and a car painter who works for a national crash repair company have been… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News IFS: Parties’ spending plans leave 16 to 18 education with 10% less than schools General election manifesto plans of all three major parties’ proposals will leave spending for 16 to 18-year-olds around 10… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Breaking: Sixth form college principal resigns with immediate effect The surprise resignation of Bolton Sixth Form College’s principal has been confirmed this morning to FE Week, three days… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Three providers drop to ‘requires improvement’ It’s been a largely disappointing week, as all three published full FE and skills inspection reports resulted in a drop… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Merger of two London colleges agreed Two London colleges have finally agreed to merge, more than 18 months after the link between them was first… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Tendering for external quality assurance finally launched Tendering for the external quality assurance of apprenticeships has finally been launched by the Institute for Apprenticeships – three… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive NOCN expanding through new acquisition Expansion is on the cards this summer for awarding organisation NOCN, with a new acquisition from the Construction Industry… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Call to convert UTCs to 16 to 19 colleges Ailing university technical colleges should be converted into 16-19 colleges, with all studio schools joining multi-academy trusts to stave… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo