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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Alix Robertson 10y 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 10y Alix Robertson 10y 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 10y Alix Robertson 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y Jude Burke 10y News Long wait for FE Chartered Status membership ends The long wait for FE providers to sign up for Chartered Status ended today with applications for membership finally… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Labour MPs secure Opposition Day debate to call for 16 to 19 budget protection Labour has secured an Opposition Day debate to propose that the 16 to 19 education budget be given the same… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Don’t let private training providers ‘steal your lunch’, Skills Minister Nick Boles tells college leaders Skills Minister Nick Boles has told Association of Colleges (AoC) conference delegates to stop letting private providers “nick your… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 812 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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
