News

SFA names 14 providers whose funding contracts were terminated early

Fourteen training providers with combined allocations of nearly £6.9m in adult skills budget (ASB) and almost £5.8m for 16…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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
Jude Burke
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
Nick Linford
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
Nick Linford
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
Nick Linford
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
Alix Robertson


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
Alix Robertson
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
Alix Robertson
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
Nick Linford
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
Nick Linford
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
Nick Linford
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
FE Week Reporter

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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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel