News FE ‘saviour’ Cable loses seat as Conservatives head for majority The self-proclaimed ‘saviour of FE’ has been ousted in a disastrous General Election for the Liberal Democrats and Labour…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News General election live: Vince Cable loses seat and other updates News, updates and pictures from the eve of the election through to the formation of a new government. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Former ETF interim chief Sir Geoff Hall lands Principals’ Professional Council job Former Education and Training Foundation (ETF) interim chief executive Sir Geoff Hall is to become general secretary of the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Labour under fire from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell over ‘gender segregated’ rally in Shadow Skills Minister’s constituency Labour officials have defended an election rally in Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne’s constituency where the audience appeared to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Learners’ balloon effort takes off The sky was no limit for students and staff from the science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) departments at… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Dr Pember in return to FE and skills leadership role Former Whitehall FE and skills chief and resident FE Week agony aunt Dr Sue Pember is set for a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Exam papers ‘could be lost’ after ‘technical error’ A “technical error” in collecting Functional Skills papers has left learners across the country unsure whether their City &… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Row breaks out over quals funding email claims A bitter row has broken out between two awarding organisations (AOs) over claims one had “lost” public funding for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sector politicians are all bookies’ favourites These are the political faces we’ve come to know in the world of FE and skills — but how… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Eight FE and skills ideas that ran out of steam — remember any of them? As the dawn of a new government with the possibility of a raft of new policies approaches, former FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeships and careers advice key to Lib Dem youth unemployment plans, Clegg to reveal Apprenticeships and one-on-one careers advice will play a key role in Liberal Democrat plans to cut youth unemployment to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Commissioner launches city-wide review looking at merging Nottingham’s two biggest colleges The FE Commissioner has launched a city-wide review of vocational education in Nottingham which is looking at merging the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 807 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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
