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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Jude Burke 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 Newer 1 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 817 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
