News Gazelle rocked by second founder college departure A second founder college has pulled out of Gazelle and will not be renewing the £35k membership fee. New… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UKCES gives £575k in job pay-offs The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) handed out nearly £600k in exit packages to 13 staff who… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News No escape from cuts as FE and skills MPs see their own colleges hit The impact of cuts to adult skills funding on colleges across England is increasingly being raised by MPs concerned… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News CBI rejects Professor Wolf’s proposal for apprenticeship levy The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has rejected Professor Lady Alison Wolf’s recommendation that all employers pay a levy… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News National fracking college bosses hit by planning rejection blows Bosses of England’s new national fracking college were today waiting to find out if appeals would be launched after… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New guide aims to improve understanding of skills system among policy makers A comprehensive new guide to vocational education and training geared at improving the level of understanding of the skills system… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New education and business committee members revealed The new memberships of the two parliamentary select committees which oversee FE have been provisionally announced. Iain Wright, the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Professor Wolf calls for all employers to pay apprenticeship levy as she rejects Conservative manifesto funding plans A leading government vocational education adviser today warned the government would have to make all employers pay a levy… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Management consultant and former Tony Blair adviser to lead £20m DfE careers company Prominent management consultant and former adviser to Tony Blair Claudia Harris has been appointed to lead the Department for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government U-turn on new childcare apprenticeships hailed a victory for employers A government U-turn today on GCSE English and maths entry requirements for new childcare apprenticeships launching in August has been… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Javid refuses to rule out college closures in wake of cuts during grilling from MPs New Business Secretary Sajid Javid has refused to rule out college closures as a result of adult skills budget… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ETF launches how-to guides to help ’embed’ one-year-old professional standards The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) today launched a series of how-to guides for its online professional standards resources for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 816 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
