News New uni system in place for HE in FE learners General FE colleges are hoping fears they could be overwhelmed with higher education gripes prove unfounded as they start… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA contract joy as safeguarding ‘glitches’ disappear An independent learning provider that faced losing its Skills Funding Agency (SFA) contract after an Ofsted inadequate rating over… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lep boss tight-lipped on merger reviews funding issue Council and business leaders have remained tight-lipped over financial support for college mergers as the FE sector continues to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Post-GCSE maths quals rolled out Pilot qualifications in post-GCSE maths that were launched late last year have been fully rolled out by the Department… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Broken Boles promise leads to Trailblazer criticism Skills Minister Nick Boles has broken his promise to the House of Commons Education Select Committee that there would… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges to face merger bill in government’s far-reaching ‘area reviews’, leaked guidance reveals Colleges will be expected to foot the bill for changes recommended during government-ordered area reviews or risk having their funding… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Six more FE colleges listed by EFA as ‘intending to deliver’ 14 to 16 provision A further six general FE colleges have been listed by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) as intending to take… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Team UK comes in at seventh place at WorldSkills 2015 TeamUK finished in seventh place at this year’s WorldSkills competition, held in Brazil. The team took home three gold… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Sector skills councils merge — but ‘business as usual’ as both continue acting separately The sector skills councils for health and for justice today announced their merger — but also said they would… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Resit levy’ on schools should ease ‘extreme funding pressures’ on colleges, think tank report claims Further education colleges struggling to cope with an influx of maths and English GCSE resit students should get extra… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Greenwich Community College to ‘merge into’ Bromley College of Further and Higher Education Plans have been announced for struggling Greenwich Community College to “merge into” Bromley College of Further and Higher Education…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Former FE college principal named as chair of new steering group for adult skills funding reforms A former principal of two colleges has been named as chair of a new steering group set up by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 816 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