News Trailblazer status in balance after grade four result An employer provider’s status as an apprenticeship Trailblazer was today in the balance after Ofsted found it had “no… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Shakira hopes to inspire minority groups with NUS election win The newly-elected National Union of Students (NUS) vice president for FE Shakira Martin (pictured above left) has told of her… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Interim replacement hired while New College Stamford principal ‘on leave’ Former Lincoln College principal of 14 years John Allen (pictured above left) has taken over from under fire New College… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Concern grows that FE quality mark has ‘stalled’ Concern is growing in the FE sector that plans for an FE Chartered Status quality mark have “stalled” with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Recruitment at 14 ‘difficult’ as UTCs’ capacity runs as low as 12.2pc Six out of 30 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are operating at up to just a third full — with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship success rates fall nearly 5pc points Last week, FE Week revealed the best and worst success rates performers for classroom-based provision in 2013/14 — and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Event aims to boost female tech skills Greater collaboration between FE and business could help to encourage more women into digital industries, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Third of Intraining workforce hit as 450 jobs set for axe More than a third of the workforce at NCG’s 1,200-worker Intraining division were today facing redundancy following one of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Don’t scrap GCSEs without ‘coherent’ 14 to 19 overview, Labour adviser warns Labour plans to replace GCSEs with a “national baccalaureate” with both academic and technical routes will only work if… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president wins NUS election Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president Shakira Martin was today elected as the next National Union of Students (NUS)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Anti-terrorism website launches for FE and skills providers The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) today 0fficially unveiled a new website to help FE and skills providers stop… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Croydon unveils new free school plans Croydon College has revealed its revamped free school proposal in its second attempt to open its own secondary school…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 803 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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