News Summer budget: Osborne announces apprenticeship levy for large businesses A levy on large businesses to help fund apprenticeship growth has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne. Mr Osborne’s… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New Lords committee on social mobility set to look into apprenticeships A newly-established House of Lords committee on social mobility launches its first investigation tomorrow — and apprenticeships are set to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News What to expect from FE’s most feared Budget It’s less than 24 hours to go before what is possibly the FE and skills sector’s most feared Budget… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News On your marks, get set, go! — apprentices’ Brathay challenge final gets underway This week learners from up and down the country are battling to be crowned apprentice team of the year… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News TUC general secretary tells Unionlearn conference that fighting FE cuts is ‘first priority’ Trade Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady told delegates at the Unionlearn conference that fighting the “false economy of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Clock ticks down to start of Team UK’s Brazilian WorldSkills adventure The clock is well and truly ticking with 880 hours to go before the UK’s top apprentices jet off… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Barnfield academy chain gets new name The academy trust that was built up by Barnfield College has announced plans to sever its last link with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges’ race record in question College leaders have been urged to make the promotion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) principals a “priority”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Functional skills fight after GCSE entry requirement u-turn Childcare apprenticeship providers were today hoping a government announcement on GCSE equivalences “in due course” might provide a second… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ex-NCN principal Basi in FE Commissioner showdown A principal accused of steering his former college into “unprofitable non-core activities” has clashed with FE Commissioner Dr David… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Under-fire principal ‘committed’ to staying in post The under-fire principal of a Midland college has told FE Week of her commitment to staying on in the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News SFA reveals those told to pay back after surprise in-year audit The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has released the identities of the 97 providers who paid back £554k after a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 820 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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
