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 News Stockton-based FE college joins with independent learning provider after 18 months of talks Stockton Riverside College has merged with independent learning provider (ILP) the NETA (formerly North East Training Association) Training Trust… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship levy consultation fails to include ‘critical issues’, says CBI The UK’s leading employers’ organisation has criticised the government’s new apprenticeship levy consultation for failing to explore the cost… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News AELP questions sense of GCSE maths and English resits after fall in pass rate for 17-year-olds The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has questioned the sense of forcing resits on learners who fail… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Number of young people not in education, employment or training falls again Latest official statistics have shown the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) in the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ten new Careers Colleges set to open at existing FE colleges Six FE colleges are preparing to open 10 new Careers Colleges over the next two academic years, with the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Charity wants employers that train young care leavers to get higher returns from apprenticeship levy A charity has called for employers that train young care leavers to receive a larger financial return on planned… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Young benefits claimants who can’t find work will be forced onto apprenticeships or traineeships The government’s new Earn or Learn Taskforce will oversee plans to force young benefits claimants onto apprenticeships or traineeships… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sao Paulo you beauty! Triple UK gold crowned with best WorldSkills competitor first Three golds were crowned with an illustrious first for TeamUK as beauty therapist Rianne Chester was handed the award… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News National training provider and major retailer both ‘inadequate’ says Ofsted A national training provider has plummeted from an Ofsted outstanding rating to inadequate, while employer provider Next has also been… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Day 2 WorldSkills | TeamUK competitor’s shipments of Brazilian plaster and months of training in attempt for gold Some ingenious thinking about the difference between British and Brazilian plaster could lead TeamUK competitor Robert Johnson to gold…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Video | Team UK’s journey so far at World Skills 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIWi7TabLVE FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo