News DfE resit policy leads to GCSE campus chaos Colleges readying themselves for an impending Department for Education (DfE) policy have witnessed a dramatic rise in the number… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Two ministers, one careers strategy ‘desperately needed’ The Department for Education (DfE) has overlooked Skills Minister Nick Boles (pictured above left) for its careers guidance remit —… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Woodcock’s journey up FE ladder under way John Woodcock, the Labour MP for Cumbria’s Barrow and Furness, was appointed Shadow Education Minister for Young People last… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Labour MPs put their names forward for BIS committee chair Labour MPs Iain Wright (pictured above left) and Roberta Blackman-Woods (pictured above right) have launched bids to challenge Adrian Bailey for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Grade four Priory ordered to leave second apprenticeship Trailblazer Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave a second healthcare-related Trailblazer group following its grade four across-the-board rating… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Colleges ‘come of age’ at time of need for change Senior FE and skills figures warned that colleges would have to change “more than ever before” to survive, at… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Don’t cut allocations to meet savings target, pleads sector The government has been warned against looking to FE allocations to help meet Chancellor George Osborne’s aim of a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Six-month euro funding delay ‘could have been avoided’ Sector leaders have lashed out at the UK government and European Commission over a possible six-month funding gap for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Concerns for FE funding after Treasury announces £900m in-year BIS and DfE budget cuts The future of FE funding looks uncertain after £900m of additional cuts to the Department for Business, Innovation and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Prime Minister’s apprenticeships ‘troubleshooter’ taskforce officially unveiled [slideshow_deploy id=’36007′] This is Prime Minister David Cameron’s new “troubleshooter” taskforce set to track government progress on its… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Lewisham Southwark College loses employment tribunal case over blind worker’s access to software Lewisham Southwark College discriminated against a blind employee by failing to make reasonable adjustments to help him do his… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Go for it Team UK! Our competitors for WorldSkills Brazil are announced [slideshow_deploy id=’35870′] These are the 41 UK youngsters upon whose shoulders the hopes of a nation will rest… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 816 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
