News FE Commissioner intervention report exposes financial turmoil at Hull College Group A new FE Commissioner intervention report has exposed the grave financial problems facing Hull College Group. Commissioner Richard Atkins’… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: No overall-improvement recognised in tough week for FE A major adult and community learning provider has fallen to ‘inadequate’, in a week of reports on FE and skills… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Gove admits the UTCs experiment has failed The key ministerial architect of the government’s fast-unravelling policy on university technical colleges has admitted the experiment has failed…. Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Digital Apprenticeship Service to be renamed prior to launch The Digital Apprenticeship Service (or DAS) is due for launch later this month, but will be renamed the ‘apprenticeship… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Grimsby Institute wins top AoC Beacon award The overall Leading Light winner from the prestigious national Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards has gone to the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News IfA to charge assessment organisations for quality assurance The Institute for Apprenticeships will charge apprenticeship assessment organisations for external quality assurance of new standards – despite Ofqual… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Greater Manchester UTC is seventh to announce closure The Greater Manchester University Technical College (UTC) will close at the end of this academic year, becoming the seventh… Freddie Whittaker 8y Freddie Whittaker 8y News Essex County Council learning branded ‘inadequate’ A major local authority which delivers adult education to more than 12,000 learners has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted…. Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Colleges rely on A&E to help students with serious mental health issues Colleges are increasingly sending students who reach “crisis point” to accident and emergency, an FE Week investigation has heard…. Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Two principals on IfA’s board – but what happens to their £15k paycheques? One of the two college principals who will sit on the board at the Institute for Apprenticeships has refused… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News DfE silent on FE commissioner intervention reports A stop appears to have been put on publication of FE commissioner intervention reports, despite growing numbers of failing… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Outstanding rating highlight of positive week for FE The new year’s first outstanding Ofsted verdict for an FE provider was handed out this week, with two independent… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 817 Older Must read community cohesion 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 6h Jessica Hill 6h 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
