News Prison learning contracting under review The system of prison learning contracting will come under the spotlight in a review ordered by Justice Secretary Michael… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Whatever happened to Cable’s dual mandate consultation? Former Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable’s ‘dual mandate’ consultation looks likely to have been binned by officials after the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y Nick Linford 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 812 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
