News Golden night for City of Glasgow College as Skills Show competition winners announced City of Glasgow College emerged the big winner from Skills Show 2015 in Birmingham as it claimed eight medals,… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Further education and skills sector bodies welcome Chartered Status membership The Association of Colleges (AoC) and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) have welcomed news that FE… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Network for Black and Asian Professionals chief executive Rajinder Mann blames ‘squeeze on the public purse’ for network’s demise The loss of two key contracts worth £164,000 led directly to the demise of the Network for Black and… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Busy day at the Skills Show for Theo Paphitis with visit to the hairdressers and the kitchen — and even the operating table Skills Show patron Theo Paphitis had a busy day in the hair salon today under the watchful eye of celebrity… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Record-breaking £14k raised for Helena Kennedy Foundation at FE Week charity auction The FE Week 2015 annual charity auction and raffle raised a record-breaking £14,000 for the Helena Kennedy Foundation. Leaders… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News SFA warns colleges of a future without sub-contracting Skills Funding Agency funding and programmes director Keith Smith (pictured above) has warned college leaders they were facing a… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Staring into the funding abyss – Skills Minister Nick Boles paints stark picture of cuts to hit sector The sector has been left staring into the financial abyss after Skills Minister Nick Boles warned Association of Colleges… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Education Secretary Nicky Morgan tells Labour MPs ‘wait for spending review’ in 16-19 funding protection debate Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told Labour to “wait and see” what happens in next week’s Budget before accusing… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Skills Minister Nick Boles speech at AoC conference 2015 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. We meet in a sombre context. After this morning’s session I’ll be returning to… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News High profile visit for Skills Show as Business Secretary Sajid Javid drops in on day one Business Secretary Sajid Javid was joined by thousands of career curious youngsters today as he visited Birmingham for day… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Meet new members of Dr Collins’ 21-strong team These are the new members of FE Commissioner Dr David Collins’ team, FE Week can exclusively reveal. Five deputy… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Apprenticeship starts up after two years of decline Official figures released this morning show the number of apprenticeship starts for 2014/15 was up by 59,500 from the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 803 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
