News Sector meets Shadow Minister for Young People in ‘listening mode’ as Woodcock takes part in FE Week event at Parliament New Shadow Minister for Young People John Woodcock MP said he was “in listening mode” at a special FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Festival of Education 2015: day one coverage with Lord Baker and Gazelle chief Fintan Donohue Hundreds of teachers and tutors are descending upon the grand setting of Berkshire’s Wellington College for two days of classroom-related talk,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principals, chief executives and bricklaying tutor honoured by the Queen More than 20 FE and skills-related figures were among the 1,163 people to have received an award in this… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE to pay for tougher numerical GCSE pass rates warning Further education providers have been warned they could be left with a bill for greater numbers of compulsory English… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Bailey ‘disappointed’ to lose BIS committee chair as Wright wrestles away post in second MPs’ vote Adrian Bailey has told his “disappointment” at losing the chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News FE funding cuts protest taken to Parliament as college lecturers tell MPs how classrooms are being hit — and learners suffer Hundreds of staff and students from FE colleges descended on Parliament yesterday as part of an FE Week-backed campaign… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Lord Baker’s UTC project celebrates first outstanding from Ofsted as inspectors heap praise on Reading Former Education Secretary Lord Baker is celebrating the first outstanding grade from Ofsted for his university technical college (UTC)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Commissioner issues college merger guide as he concedes ‘there’s not enough cash to keep going like this’ Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins has issued a 38-page guide to college mergers as he acknowledged “there is clearly… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Qualifications could be withdrawn under Ofqual’s plan to close shared ‘unit bank’ Awarding organisations could be forced to withdraw qualifications with units shared with other bodies after Ofqual announced plans to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham says apprenticeships ‘central’ to campaign Andy Burnham has said apprenticeships and technical education are central to his bid to become the next Labour leader…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ‘Don’t prepare for new inspections’, Ofsted boss Lorna Fitzjohn tells FE providers Colleges which are good at “what they do on a daily basis” should not prepare for inspection under Ofsted’s… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Nick Boles faces education grilling from MPs Skills Minister Nick Boles has reiterated his commitment to make it illegal to misuse the word “apprenticeships”. Mr Boles,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 803 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive 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 Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
