News FE principals neglected again as New Year’s honours list praises only a handful FE college principals have again fared poorly in the Queen’s honours list, with only three being recognised for their… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News FE figures honoured by the Queen in her 2017 list The work of the chief executive officer of adult learning provider City Lit has been recognised in this year’s… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Top 10 FE Week online news stories in 2016 FE Week continues to bring you all the important news, analysis and comment, pressing the government on key unanswered… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News 2016 in FE Week cartoons – vote for your favourite This year brought a wealth of interesting developments for FE Week to cover – from a new government to… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News FE Week supplement review 2016 Over the course of this year FE Week produced a whopping 172 pages of content across 10 supplements covering… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Scotland to spend less than half their levy funding on apprenticeships The Scottish government has announced that its use of the apprenticeships levy will be more flexible than in England,… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Marsden ‘very disappointed’ as assurances on IfA announcements fail to deliver Delays to the release of key details about the Institute for Apprenticeships are “very disappointing” evidence of a “haphazard”… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News EFA announces no change to 16-18 funding rates The Education Funding Agency has announced that the national base funding rates of £4,000 per full time student aged… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Ofsted criticises ‘financial mismanagement’ at college preparing to join with university Governors have been criticised for being slow to recognise “financial mismanagement” at Lambeth College, in new report unveiled by… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Failed UTC site used as cheap accommodation Young professionals are living in a disused Walsall university technical college site, after the 14-19 institution was forced to… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Public Accounts Committee warning over ‘high risk’ devolution plans “High risk” devolution plans giving local enterprise partnerships widespread adult education budget spending powers must be subjected to far more… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News New plans for police constable apprenticeships unveiled A police constable degree apprenticeship could help aspiring officers to meet new requirements for a degree level qualification to… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 813 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
