News Parent anger over Daventry UTC closure An angry parent of a student “devastated” by the news that her university technical college would close in the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Institutes of technology £170m windfall going to existing providers The extra £170 million the government has promised to set aside for a new wave of “prestigious” institutes of… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News ‘Inadequate’ Gateway SFC pulls back from Leicestershire area review A struggling sixth form college has pulled out of its ongoing area review, after a special intervention by sixth… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: West Cheshire College no longer ‘inadequate’ A mostly encouraging week for FE, with regards to Ofsted reports, saw West Cheshire College shed its inadequate tag…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Halfon puts lifelong learning back in the spotlight Lifelong learning is firmly back on the government’s agenda, according to the skills and apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon, who… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Report shows college struggle with ‘endemic’ sexualised behaviour Ofsted has blasted a college for “endemic” sexualised behaviour and incidents of sexual assault in a damning new report…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Large drop in number of standards lacking end-point assessors The proportion of learners on apprenticeship standards without an approved assessment organisation is dropping rapidly, according to new figures…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News SFA in dock after hundreds of learners struggle to recover loans cash when provider collapses Another highly profitable training provider has suddenly gone bust in mysterious circumstances, leaving hundreds of learners on the hook… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Introducing the Institute for Apprenticeships board members The government has finally announced the eight Institute for Apprenticeships board members (listed below), with the chair to be confirmed… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Cable delighted with industrial strategy commitment to adult education The former secretary of state for business, innovation and skills has told FE Week he is “delighted” that the… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Institute for Apprenticeships appoints first director The first permanent employee of the Institute for Apprenticeships has finally been appointed, after ongoing delays and an absence… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Apprenticeship starts rise despite fall in vacancies Apprenticeship starts published by the DfE this morning show a slight increase, when comparing provisional figures for the first… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y Newer 1 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 817 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 5h Jessica Hill 5h 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
