News Tough new strike laws will apply to FE FE colleges that recruit learners from the age of 14 will be covered by tough new strike rules, the… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Government target for 3m apprenticeship starts could be on track as new starts up 4pc The government could be on track to meet its target of 3m new apprenticeship starts by 2020, according to… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Lifting of restriction on providers running traineeships brought forward to February 1 The date when the restriction requiring providers to have grade one or two Ofsted ratings to run traineeships will… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Boles to appear before Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy Skills Minister Nick Boles will face a grilling from MPs on the Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy on Monday… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fintan Donohue retires from Gazelle Colleges Group Fintan Donohue has retired from his role as chief executive of the Gazelle Colleges Group after more than four… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News FE Commissioner ends involvement with seven providers Seven FE and skills providers have been told by Skills Minister Nick Boles that their FE Commissioner interventions have… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News AoC’s Martin Doel speaks out for Esol after PM announces £20m fund for Muslim women to learn English Association of Colleges (AoC) chief Martin Doel has spoken out to say that new government funding for Muslim women… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Ofsted boss hits out at ‘inadequate’ FE sector The FE sector is “inadequate at best” according to Ofsted’s Sir Michael Wilshaw, who has also hit out at… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Apprenticeship Delivery Board members announced Members of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board (ADB) tasked with advising the government on how it can hit its target… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Hopes of merger answer to finances concern A Cumbria sixth form college rapped over the knuckles for the condition of its finances by the Education Funding… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Disappointment at AoC as DfE cuts £15m from bursary fund over free meals A Department for Education (DfE) move to cut £15m from the discretionary bursary fund for providers with FE Free… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Westminster Education Forum looks at vocational reforms in England Area reviews, apprenticeships and the large employers’ levy were all topics that were raised at a Westminster Education Forum… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y Newer 1 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 821 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, 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 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo