News 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News 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 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 816 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 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 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