Movers and Shakers, News

Edition 146: Movers and Shakers

City of Bristol College has announced that Lee Probert will be its new principal come January. He is currently deputy chief…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New Feltag group aims to help practitioners

A new group for FE practitioners aimed at helping them “meet the spirit” of the Further Education Learning Technology…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Costs review ‘a waste of time’

A review of the costs of running FE institutions has been branded a “waste of time” and in need…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Data talks as FE Choices to shut

The Association of Employment and Learning  Providers (AELP) is holding talks with government officials over the collection and presentation…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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A golden homecoming for TeamUK

TeamUK’s outstanding WorldSkills competitors received a rapturous welcome home with a celebration event in the heart of London. Skills Minister…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Morgan concedes sector ‘fragile’

The FE sector is a “fragile” state, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan (pictured),  has conceded. She made the comments during…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Survey reveals principals’ unease with area reviews

Almost 90 per cent of principals affected by new area reviews are unhappy with government guidance outlining how the…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Post-16 funding implication will be examined for summer-born change

The impact on post-16 funding of plans to allow summer-born children to enter reception after their fifth birthday will be examined…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Topslice offenders threatened with funding suspension

Providers that flout rules on revealing how much they topslice when subcontracting have been given a November 23 deadline…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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OCR exam board chief Mark Dawe resigns

The chief executive of one of the country’s leading awarding organisations has resigned, it was announced today. Mark Dawe,…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE Choices website set to close after three-and-a-half years

The FE Choices website is to shut next month after three-and-a-half years, it was revealed by the Skills Funding…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Post-16 area review plans geared at FE and sixth form colleges dismissed as ‘fundamentally flawed’

Sector leaders have warned that the government’s post-16 education and training area review plans are “fundamentally flawed” because they…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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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
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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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

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

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