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Former college lecturer facing jail after admitting child rape

A former Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) teacher was today facing a lengthy jail term after pleading guilty to…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
Nick Linford
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
FE Week Reporter


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‘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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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
FE Week Reporter
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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
FE Week Reporter

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
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