News ‘Not only a car crash, but a multiple pile-up’ — the FE sector view revisited six months after 2015 survey The 2015 FE Week and Policy Consortium survey was published on the brink of a general election. Six months… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government presiding over ‘skills emergency’ and ‘dumbing down apprenticeships,’ Shadow Business Secretary Angela Eagle tells Labour conference The government is “presiding over a skills emergency which threatens economic growth” while cutting FE funding and “dumbing down… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Loughborough College principal Esme Winch set for newly-created managing director’s post at NCFE Awarding organisation (AO) NCFE is set to appoint Loughborough College principal Esme Winch (pictured above) as its first managing… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News The Association of Teachers and Lecturers lists job cuts consultations at over 50 colleges The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has issued a list of more than 50 colleges that have looked… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Later starts to continue at Nescot after pilot success A North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) lie-in pilot has won longer-term approval after bosses saw a rise… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘It’s a different way of thinking about how we regulate’ – Ofqual’s Jeremy Benson Q&A on new RQF The Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) was unveiled by Ofqual last week and was designed to be more descriptive and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell includes FE funding in top three priorities Campaigning to protect FE funding is one of Lucy Powell’s top three priorities, the new Shadow Education Secretary told… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Newcastle College massacre plot teen Liam Lyburd jailed for life A former Newcastle College learner who planned a massacre on campus after being kicked off a course has been… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principal says ‘no’ to AoC Burton & South Derbyshire College (B&SDC) is set to leave the Association of Colleges (AoC), FE Week can reveal…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Action plea for BIS digital skills inquiry from learning tech adviser Bob Harrison The purpose of a new government inquiry that will look into how the FE sector contributes to the development of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Clampdown on apprenticeship misuse ‘affects very few’, says AELP A much-hyped government clampdown on “misuse” of the apprenticeship term will only affect a “very few” cases, the Association… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Three more post-16 education area reviews announced involving 34 colleges Twenty one general FE colleges and 13 sixth form colleges (SFCs) will be involved in three extra post-16 education… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 803 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
