News Prime Minister unveils plans to ramp up public sector apprentice numbers Prime Minister David Cameron is tomorrow expected to unveil plans for 2.3 per cent of staff in large public… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Channel Four programme claims high street giant Next saved £2.5m in wages employing hundreds of low paid apprentices High Street giant Next slashed £2.5m off its wage bill by employing hundreds of low-earning apprentices, according to a… FE Week 10y FE Week 10y News Ofsted identifies improvement at horror youth prison Ofsted inspectors who uncovered “degrading treatment, racist comments and care from staff under the influence of illegal drugs” at… FE Week 10y FE Week 10y News Funding cut for back-to-work support Providers have been warned that government funding to help long-term unemployed people back into work was likely to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Unison to ballot workers in FE colleges in row over pay Trade union Unison will ballot FE workers in England in the New Year, in the latest development of an… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Annual Ofsted report exposes FE maths and English issues Ofsted deputy director for FE and skills Paul Joyce has outlined how the story of the education watchdog’s 2014/15… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Exclusive: Lep areas revealed for first round of invitations to tender for delayed ESF contracts These are the first areas which the will be involved in the first round of long-awaited invitations to tender… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Social mobility tsar Alan Milburn labels FE an ‘absolute jungle’ Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission chair Alan Milburn (pictured above) has told a Lords committee how the FE… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College principal’s ‘regret’ at studio school closures over low pupil numbers The principal of a Midland college behind two studio schools struggling with low pupil numbers has told of her… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Bankruptcy warning on Saudi college ventures English colleges who set up new learner ventures in Saudi Arabia as part of multi-million pound deals could be… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News BIS report hails ‘substantial impact’ of FE on unemployed A government report has hailed the “substantial impact” of FE in getting unemployed people back into work — and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Launch date finally set for first round of invitations to tender for Euro skills contracts The launch date for the first round of long-overdue invitations to tender for European Social Fund (ESF) contracts has… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 817 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 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 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 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
